Cargo stabilizing structures
AssigneeBurns Bros., Inc.
InventorsGary M. Scott, Roland R. Boehrer
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Abstract
Stabilizing devices having elongate telescoping tube segments and end clamps. The end clamps of certain of the devices are clamped onto side rails of a cargo bed for segmenting a cargo bed length way. The end clamps of other of the devices are clamped to the tube segments of the first devices for segmenting a cargo bed width way. Thus providing stabilization of segmented loads having length and/or width dimensions less than the length and/or width of the cargo bed.
Claims18
A device for stabilizing a segmented cargo load on a cargo bed having side rails extending along sides of the cargo bed, the side rails having exposed upper edges, the device comprising;
- a first stabilizing bar having multiple telescoping bar sections extendable to span the width of the cargo bed between the side rails, said first stabilizing bar having an exposed upper edge, wherein said multiple telescoping bar sections of said first stabilizing bar comprise a fully collapsed length no greater than half of a fully extended length of said first stabilizing bar;
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- end clamps provided on opposing ends of said first stabilizing bar, wherein said end clamps are configured to clamp over and onto the exposed upper edges of the side rails of the cargo bed and over and onto an exposed upper edge of one or more additional stabilizing bars, wherein each of the one or more additional stabilizing bars has multiple extendable telescoping bar sections, and whereby said first stabilizing bar is configured to cooperate with the one or more additional stabilizing bars for securing segmented cargo loads in both width wise and length wise directions relative to the cargo bed.
A system for stabilizing a segmented cargo load on a cargo bed having side rails extending along sides of the cargo bed, the side rails having exposed upper edges, the system comprising;
- a plurality of stabilizing bars each having an exposed upper edge and each having multiple telescoping bar sections extendable to span the width of the cargo bed between the side rails, or to span the width between a side rail and another stabilizing bar of the plurality of stabilizing bars, or to span a width between two other stabilizing bars of said plurality of stabilizing bars, wherein said multiple telescoping bar sections of each of said plurality of stabilizing bars comprise a fully collapsed length no greater than half of a fully extended length of each of said plurality of stabilizing bars;
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- end clamps provided on opposing ends of each of said plurality of stabilizing bars, wherein said end clamps are configured to clamp over and onto the exposed upper edges of the side rails of the cargo bed and over and onto the exposed upper edges of the plurality of stabilizing bars whereby said plurality of stabilizing bars are configured to be secured to the side rails and to other stabilizing bars of said plurality of stabilizing bars or between other stabilizing bars of said plurality of stabilizing bars for securing segmented cargo loads in both width wise and length wise directions relative to the cargo bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.