Movable or removable closures – Removable closure – Releasable means on closure
Patent
1976-07-08
1977-12-06
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Removable closure
Releasable means on closure
220 15, E05C 2102
Patent
active
040609367
ABSTRACT:
A cargo container is provided with a door opening having means for engaging and disengaging the top and/or bottom of the door on vertical movement thereof. A hollow rail extends across the top and/or bottom of the door opening and has elongated slots therein provided with slot-enlargements for receiving a foot or feet of a locking member movable along the bottom and/or top of the door. The locking member includes a reduced portion movable through the slot and an enlarged portion having a transverse dimension greater than the width of the slot. Suitable means, preferably rack and pinion means, are provided for shifting the locking members along the door to locking position after movement through the slot-enlargements into the interior of the rail.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3485406 (1969-12-01), Borden
patent: 3521920 (1970-07-01), Morand
patent: 3904064 (1975-09-01), Looker
patent: 3915327 (1975-10-01), Lovich et al.
patent: 3926243 (1975-12-01), Lovich et al.
Jensen Richard H.
Parris Peter P.
Brooks & Perkins, Incorporated
Kannan Philip C.
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