Method for mounting logistics strips to an inner surface of a storage container sidewall
AssigneeWabash National, L.P.
InventorsDavid A. Pattison, Zach Millikan
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Abstract
A logistics strip defining at least one opening therethrough may be bonded to an inner surface of a storage container side wall. At least one channel may be formed in the inner surface of the side wall. A bonding medium may be applied to an underside of the logistics strip along opposite sides thereof with the at least one opening positioned therebetween. The at least one opening may then be aligned over the at least one channel. The underside of the logistics strip may then be contacted with the inner surface of the side wall such that the bonding medium contacts and bonds to the inner surface of the side wall on both sides of the at least one channel.
Claims13
A logistics strip arrangement, comprising:
- a storage container defining a wall having at least one channel formed in an inner surface thereof, wherein the at least one channel extends only partially through the thickness of the wall;
- a logistics strip including two elongate sides and a middle portion between the two elongate sides, the two elongate sides engaged with and coupled to the inner surface of the storage container at a location spaced-apart from and above a bottom-most surface of the channel, wherein the middle portion includes at least one opening between the opposite sides thereof, and wherein the at least one opening is positioned over the at least one channel of the storage container;
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- wherein a space is provided between a bottom-most inner surface of the middle portion of the logistics strip aligned with the channel and the bottom-most surface of the channel, and wherein the space is configured to receive a cargo-anchoring device therein,
- wherein a depth of the channel is greater than half a thickness of the wall, and
- wherein the channel is empty such that no portion of the logistics strip is received within the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.