Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1989-01-17
1990-07-24
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296138, 296155, 1601961, 292209, 292218, 292DIG32, 16 876R, 16106, 16104, 49411, B60J 506
Patent
active
049431102
ABSTRACT:
A system for accessing interior portions of a curtainside truck trailer including a flexible curtain, upper and lower roller assemblies secured to the curtain for engagement with upper and lower rails mounted on the truck trailer for supporting the curtain during expanding and contracting movement along the rails. A support panel is mounted between upper and lower longitudinal edge portions of the truck trailer, and a latching mechanism is connected to the support panel which includes a shaft with a vertical axis of rotation, a latch attached to the shaft engagement with a keeper attached to the curtain. An operating member is attached to the shaft for rotating the shaft about its longitudinal axis and engaging the latch and keeper. A latch guide is captively engaged by the latch and attached to the support panel for guiding movement of the latch into engagement with the keeper. A spring biased locking mechanism for locking the latching mechanism and securing the curtain in the closed position.
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Pedder Dennis H.
The Eastern Company
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