Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load bracing means – Brace bar – wall-to-wall
Patent
1981-09-14
1984-05-22
Reese, Randolph
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load bracing means
Brace bar, wall-to-wall
521264, 521267, 52632, 2111054, 2483543, 410149, B60P 714, B51D 4500
Patent
active
044498764
ABSTRACT:
An extendible brace or dunnage bar for stabilizing cargo items within the interior of a cargo transport vehicle, the invention provides a simple, reliable and inexpensive device capable of rapid positioning relative to an object which is to be braced against movement. In a first embodiment, an elongate bar is received within a rectangular casing and is provided with spur-like elements on the free end of the bar for engaging an interior wall of a freight car. The rectangular casing is provided with a threaded collar which receives a threaded rod displaceable longitudinally of the elongate bar to cause extension or contraction of the brace on rotation of the rod. The rod terminates at its free end with a freely mounted foot plate adapted to engage a freight car wall opposite the first-mentioned wall or a surface of a cargo item itself, the rod being rotated to mount the brace therebetween through use of a tool such as a wrench in engagement with a nut permanently joined to the rod adjacent to the foot plate. In a further embodiment, a hollow tubular member is permanently mounted to the threaded rod adjacent the nut and slidably receives an elongate rod-like handle, the handle being slipped through the tubular member to a position allowing manual grasping and rotation of the handle to tighten or to release the brace from a load-engaging position.
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Darnell Kenneth E.
Glanton Guelda Gene
Hubbuch David F.
Reese Randolph
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