Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Particular article accommodation – Wheeled vehicle
Patent
1988-01-19
1989-08-08
Reeves, Robert B.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Particular article accommodation
Wheeled vehicle
410 9, 410 19, B60P 307
Patent
active
048547905
ABSTRACT:
A support arm assembly for supporting vehicles by their wheels, upon, for example, vehicle transported vehicles includes a pair of support arms (2) each of which is pivotably movable between a retracted, inoperative position disposed parallel to a supporting profile (4) and an extended operative position disposed perpendicular to the profile (4). Each assembly includes a mounting bracket (3) which is lockingly engaged with an upper surface of the profile (4), and each arm (2) is pivotably mounted within the mounting bracket (3) by its shaft (15). The upper portion of the shaft (15) includes an integral stop member (16) which abuts oppositely disposed wing portions (22,23) of the mounting brackets (3) so as to define the retracted and extended positions of the support arms (2). The wing portions (22,23) of the mounting brackets (3) include inclined thrust surfaces (27,28) which cause the mounting arms (2), as a result of the interaction between the stop members (16) and the thrust surfaces (27,28 ), to assume pivoted positions extending toward the retracted position but during the operative support position. In this manner, under such load conditions, the support arms (2) forcefully engage opposite side surfaces of the vehicle wheel tires so as to effectively support and restrain the vehicle.
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Lohr Industrie
Pape Joseph D.
Reeves Robert B.
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