William Charles Geisel

US Patent:

58507990, Dec 22, 1998

Filed:

Jul 16, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/895121

Inventors:

William C. Geisel - Cincinnati OH
Daniel V. Ricciardi - Cincinnati OH
John V. O'Bryant - Cincinnati OH
Kenneth P. Wade - Cincinnati OH
David K. Thibodeau - Union KY

Assignee:

Midland Enterprises Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B63B 1914

US Classification:

114201R

Abstract:

A portable barge cover protects cargo in the hold of a barge from contaminants such as water, snow, dust, bird droppings and the like. The portable barge cover provides a removable and storable covering system that is readily assembled by three or four barge workers. Several overlapping flexible sheets are placed over spaced apart arched members which span from one side of a hold to the opposite side of the hold. The flexible sheets are secured by several straps that cross over the flexible sheets trapping the sheet between the strap and the arched member.