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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350468 | Adjustable spacer for freight car A box car includes end walls joined to opposing side walls that define the interior cargo area. Each end wall includes a corrugated side that faces the cargo area. The adjustable spacer is arranged within a cavity in the corrugated side in a stowed position so that ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7194844 | “C” section structural connectors A prototype connector has a section in the general shape of the letter. “C”, thereby causing it to have a convex outer surface. Ends of the prototype connector form lips that are contiguously connected through respective flanges to ends of a web. A connector for... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7117801 | Adjustable spacers for freight car A box car includes end walls joined to opposing side walls that define the interior cargo area. Each end wall includes a corrugated side that faces the cargo area. The adjustable spacer is arranged within a cavity in the corrugated side in a stowed position so that ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7037055 | Product restraining device A restraining device that is mountable on a track, has an elongated member and an attachment mechanism connected to an end of the elongated member, to mount the member on a track. The elongated member has a tubular core with an upper end and a lower end and a tubula... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6074143 | Adjustable decking system for supporting freight A beam assembly is formed from a hollow beam member which has a pair of slidable channel units installed therein and extend from the opposite ends thereof. The ends of the channel units have guide shoes forming latching assemblies pivotally supported ther... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062780 | Adjustable decking system In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an improved adjustable and vertically lockable decking system for use in supporting freight in a cargo vessel wherein the vessel has opposing side walls. The system includes at least one pair of ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5941667 | Apparatus for supporting and stabilizing cargo A rectangular cargo retaining beam and anchoring track system has anchoring tracks with horizontally and vertically oriented slots on opposed cargo receptacle walls and beams having telescopically adjustable length and ends with hooks for engaging opposed... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5785475 | Cargo restrainer A cargo retainer for separating cargo and preventing shifting of cargo within a vehicle during transportation is disclosed. The cargo retainer includes an elongate outer tubular member and two tubes telescopically received within the outer tubular member.... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5338137 | Adjustable decking system for use in supporting freight in a compartment A pair of tracks having spaced cutouts formed along the longitudinal extent thereof are mounted vertically on opposite walls of a compartment such as the interior of a truck or other transportation vehicle. A beam assembly is formed by a pair of channel m... | 08/16/1994 |
| 4091745 | Cross bar end fitting A universal type of end fitting for securing a freight bracing cross bar or the like, selectively to any of a plurality of different types of belt rails. The end fitting is comprised of a first pair of extending projections that are adapted to be alternat... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4085685 | End fitting A freight bracing device such as a cross bar embodying an improved end fitting that permits attachment to either of two types of belt rails. In one type of belt rail which has an angular configuration with perforations along the horizontally extending por... | 04/25/1978 |
