Load carrying apparatus

• US 4,878,605 A
• Filed: 11/17/1987
• Issued: 11/07/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Patrick Doyle, Lyle J. Rudolph
• Original Assignee: James Patrick Doyle, Lyle J. Rudolph
• Inventors: Doyle, James P., Rudolph, Lyle J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Luebke, Renee S.
• Application Number:
  US07/121,529
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 224/42.41, 224/42.23, 224/42.46 R, 220/401, 211/113, 280/769, 296/37.6, 410/32, 410/46, 410/90, 414/462
• US Class Current: 224/401
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/00 Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16

Abstract

A pallet carrier for carrying a load of pallets on the underside of a semi-trailer including a first flexible member to releasably support a load of pallets on the underside of a semi-trailer and a second flexible member disposed in a direction generally perpendicular to the first flexible member to stabilize the load of pallets on the underside of the semi-trailer.

Claims

1. Apparatus for carrying a load of pallets on the underside of a semi-trailer, said apparatus comprising:

a series of brackets disposed on the underside of said semi-trailer in spaced-apart relation;

means for rigidly securing said brackets to said semi-trailer;

a first flexible strap having a first end and a second end said first flexible strap having rings reinforcingly attached to said first and second end of said first flexible strap;

means for releasably securing said first end of said first strap and said second end of said first strap to a pair of said brackets, said means for releasably securing having a first downwardly directed hook coupled to a first bracket and a second downwardly directed hook coupled to a second bracket positioned a mounting-effective distance from said first bracket, said first flexible strap operable for supporting a load of pallets on the underside of said semi-trailer;

a second flexible strap, said second flexible strap disposed in a direction generally perpendicular to said first strap to stabilize said load of pallets on the underside of said semi-trailer.

2. Apparatus for carrying a load of pallets on the underside of a semi-trailer, said apparatus comprising:

a series of brackets disposed on the underside of said semi-trailer in spaced-apart relation;

said brackets including a pair of opposing end flanges, a beam rigidly disposed between said opposing end flanges, an aperture formed in said beam, a pin disposed in said aperture, and a downwardly directed hook mounted on said pin;

means for rigidly securing said brackets to said semi-trailer;

a first flexible strap having a first end and a second end;

means for releasably securing said first end of said first strap and said second end of said first strap to a pair of said brackets, said first flexible strap operable for supporting a load of pallets on the underside of said semi-trailer;

a second flexible strap, said second flexible strap disposed in a direction generally perpendicular to said first strap to stabilize said load of pallets on the underside of said semi-trailer.