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CARGO DEFLECTOR PANEL

  • US 3,848,920 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1972
  • Issued: 11/19/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a truck trailer having a pair of substantially vertical side walls and top and bottom walls connected between said side walls, the rear of said trailer defining an access opening into the interior thereof, a pair of substantially L-shaped guide tracks mounted on the walls of said trailer, said guide tracks including substantially vertical track portions disposed adjacent the opposite sides of said access opening and substantially horizontal track portions extending inwardly into the interior of said trailer adjacent the upper edge of said access opening, said vertical and horizontal track portions being interconnected by arcuate track portions, and a door unit slidably supported on said guide tracks and movable between a closed vertical position wherein said door unit is disposed within said vertical track portions for closing said access opening and an open substantially horizontal position wherein said door unit is supported on said horizontal track portions for uncovering said access opening, said door unit including a plurality of door panels horizontally hinged together to permit relative pivotal movement therebetween as the door moves between its open and closed positions, the improvement comprising:

  • deflector means associated with said door unit for preventing the cargo contained within said trailer from interfering with the upper edge of said door unit as same is being moved from its closed to its open position, said deflector means including a deflector panel extending laterally across the width of said door, said deflector panel being disposed at an angle relative to said door unit when same is in said closed position, one edge of said deflector panel being disposed adjacent the door unit and means pivotally connecting said one edge of said deflector panel to the upper portion of said door unit, the other edge of said deflector panel being disposed adjacent said horizontal track portions, and means associated with said deflector panel adjacent said other edge for slidably supporting same on said horizontal track portions.

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