Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle
Patent
2000-03-13
2000-11-21
Gordon, Stephen T.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Wheeled vehicle
410 3, 410 4, 410 7, 410 8, 410 18, 410 23, 410104, 410105, 410111, 296 6504, B60P 708
Patent
active
061493597
ABSTRACT:
A wheelchair anchor for use in a vehicle is movable between a retracted position in which it takes up a relatively small amount of floor space within the vehicle and an extended position in which it provides a plurality of anchor points to which one or more wheelchairs may be secured. An elongated track plate is secured to the floor of the vehicle so that it extends transversely to the direction of vehicle motion, and a beam assembly made up of three beams telescopingly engaged with one another is slidable along the track plate between a retracted position adjacent a first end of the track plate and an extended position wherein the beam is slid toward the opposite, second and the track plate. The distal end of the beam assembly is securable to the track plate adjacent the midportion of the track to maintain the beam assembly in the retracted position adjacent the first end of the track, and is alternatively securable to the track adjacent the second end to maintain the beam assembly in the extended position. Mounting brackets are disposed on the different segments of the beam assembly so that when the beams are in the extended position the brackets are spaced from one another to allow wheelchair restraint straps to be connected to the brackets.
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Gordon Stephen T.
Kinedyne Corporation
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