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Pallet carrier

  • US 4,418,853 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1982
  • Issued: 12/06/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An open frame carrier adapted to be suspended from the bottom of a semi-trailer forward of the rear wheels for transporting pallets or the like, the carrier comprising a support frame having a width approximating the width of the trailer and a plurality of support bars secured to and extending upwardly from the support frame, the bars being arranged in transverse rows across the width of the support frame and each including connection means on the upper end for attaching the bar to the bottom of the trailer, the rows of bars being spaced along the front-to-back length of the support frame to define a plurality of bays opening on both sides of the carrier, the support frame including longitudinally extended outer rails, a center rail located below the outer rails and a plurality of transversely extending support bars joining the outer rails and center rail so that the support bars angle downwardly from the outer rails to the center rail to aid in retaining pallets or the like in the bays, each bay including at least two spaced support bars for supporting a plurality of pallets or the like loaded in the bay, means for selectively opening or closing the bays on the lateral sides of the carrier to permit either loading, unloading or retention of pallets or the like into or from the bays, and a first stiffening member secured at a lower end to the support frame and angling upwardly to an upper end adapted to be secured to the bottom of the trailer to stiffen the carrier against front and back movement and a second stiffening member secured at a lower end to the support frame and angling upwardly therefrom across the width of the carrier to an upper end permanently secured to stiffen the carrier against lateral movement.

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