Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load bracing means – Panel or frame – wall-to-wall
Patent
1996-02-26
1998-09-15
Gordon, Stephen
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load bracing means
Panel or frame, wall-to-wall
410121, 62239, 62263, 62297, B60P 7135
Patent
active
058070460
ABSTRACT:
An air return bulkhead is disclosed which may be adapted to fit on differently-sized trailer walls around differently-sized trailer refrigeration units. The bulkhead includes an upper support panel with ridges or other discontinuities thereon. The discontinuities bound areas sized to accommodate standard refrigeration units, and a cutting tool may be easily guided along these discontinuities to form a space wherein the refrigerator may be fit when the bulkhead is mounted to the trailer wall. Also disclosed is a bulkhead which includes flutes and columns thereon wherein the ends of the flutes and columns may be removed by use of a cutting tool to allow the bulkhead installer to tailor the airflow into the refrigerator inlet as desired.
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