Thomas E Long

US Patent:

53704827, Dec 6, 1994

Filed:

Aug 30, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/112937

Inventors:

Thomas G. Long - Havertown PA

International Classification:

G61D 4500

US Classification:

410153

Abstract:

A securement system for cargo containers comprising a plurality of structural members adapted for mounting within the container, such as a truck trailer, a railroad boxcar, or a portable container, to cooperate with support members such as beams, to secure the cargo within the container. The structural members may be mounted on the walls of the container, using auxiliary locking devices, or may be free-standing adjacent to the cargo. The structural members have components including recesses or openings adapted to be interengaged with a plurality of the support members which extend transversely or longitudinally of the container in order to hold the cargo in place. The structural members preferably extend vertically within the container.

US Patent:

53204646, Jun 14, 1994

Filed:

Jan 28, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/010141

Inventors:

Thomas G. Long - Havertown PA
Donald L. Kleykamp - Dayton OH

International Classification:

B60P 715

US Classification:

410144

Abstract:

A modular containment system for mounting within a cargo container, the system having a pair of opposing retaining members, transverse members such as beams engaging the retaining members, and adapters interlocked with the retaining members. The adapters are designed to secure the system within recesses in opposing walls of the container, and may have several configurations depending on the method of securing. The system is installed in selected portions of the recesses to secure the cargo at the rear end of the container, or at other locations forward of the rear end.