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Air cargo rollout stop

Patent Number: 8109703
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Roberts, Aaron J.

A cargo rollout stop includes a base, and a guide head pivotally mounted to the base. The guide head is movable between a raised blocking position, and a lowered non-blocking position. A retraction pedal is pivotally mounted to the guide head, and is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the guide head. The retraction pedal permits downward rotation of the guide head from its raised blocking position to its lowered non-blocking position when the retraction pedal ...

Attenuated cargo caster

Patent Number: 8109702
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Smith, Justin Wade; Williams, Justin Daniel; Stegmiller, Wesley Keith

A caster for use in aircraft along a cargo deck comprises a housing having at least one wall, a pivot assembly, a brake assembly and at least one spring. A pivot assembly can have at least one wall, first and second ends, and a base between the first and second ends, wherein the first end of the pivot assembly can be elevated above the second end of the pivot assembly. The wall of the pivot assembly can be rotatably linked to the wall of the housing. An optional brake assembly can be on the ...

Load securing and moving apparatus for a truck bed

Patent Number: 8100615
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Freeborn, Perry

A load securing and moving device for a truck bed provides a slide rail affixed to each opposing inner side of the truck bed proximate an upper edge of each inner side. A sliding gate block carried on each slide rail communicates with an endless loop moving device carried inside a channel defined by each slide rail to move the sliding gate block along the length of each slide rail. A drive shaft communicates between the first slide rail and the second slide rail to transfer motion ...

Dual use transport vehicle

Patent Number: 8100614
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Jerich, Herbert

A transport vehicle includes a chassis (4) with wheels (5), a load compartment (3) on the chassis with a load floor (7), longitudinal side walls (6) extending upwardly with respect to the load floor, a bulkhead (9) at the front, at least one load door (10) at the back, and a roof (8). A mezzanine floor (12) is provided in the load compartment above the load floor, lifting elements (18-25) which cooperate with the ...

Interior vehicle body structure

Patent Number: 8096741
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Hashikawa, Tomohito; Denton, Brenna

A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle interior cargo area having an interior wall, a track and a cargo accessory. The track is fixedly attached to the interior wall and the track includes a pair of parallel spaced apart wall portions defining a track slot therebetween. The cargo accessory includes a cargo supporting portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion is configured and arranged to attach to the wall portions of the track retaining the cargo accessory in position ...

Retractable cargo strap

Patent Number: 8096740
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Parker, Chester V.; Ledet, Carrie

An apparatus designed to aid in the winding of cargo straps used on flatbed trailers of tractor-trailer rigs comprising a metal cylinder with an internal power/spiral spring is herein disclosed. A first end of the cylinder is closed with an outer spring case while a second end is slipped through a standard cargo strap winch bracket system commonly found on conventional flatbed tractor-trailers. A similar arrangement is used on all cargo straps systems on a truck. The user pulls out enough ...

Method and apparatus for transporting wind turbine blades

Patent Number: 8096739
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Landrum, Scott; Thompson, Eric

A rail system for transporting wind turbine blades includes both pivoting and pivoting-sliding support structures carried by a plurality of railcars. Each support structure includes a platform system having a bolster for supporting the wind turbine blade and a support plate for supporting the bolster. The pivoting and pivoting-sliding support structures allow for selective rotational and longitudinal movement of the blades relative to the railcars as the rail system negotiates straight and ...

Auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock

Patent Number: 8096738
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Anderson, John D.; Peach, Walter J.

An improved vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. The improved vehicle wheel chock includes an improved ...