B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – P
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
P
B60P 3/075 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2178229
A system for latching a vehicle to a flatbed vehicle carrier including: i) at least one latch assembly mounted on the carrier adjacent to, and outboard of, respective ones of at least one of the vehicle's wheels; each latch assembly including a box-like latch bracket having longitudinally extending, vertically spaced apart, co- planar flanges defining a longitudinally extending vertical gap, at least one plate-like safety latch mounted for pivotable movement about a vertical pivot axis towards and away from the flanges, a biasing mechanism for urging each safety latch about its pivot axis towards the co-planar flanges, and a fixed stop mounted adjacent the forward end of the gap; and ii), a wheel latch flange mounted on each vehicle wheel disposed inboard of each latch assembly when the vehicle is fully loaded on the carrier; each wheel latch flange including a laterally extending stub shaft having an enlarged protuberance on its outboard end with a diameter greater than the height of the gap and an inboard portion with a diameter less than the height of the gap, whereupon when the vehicle is loaded on the carrier, each wheel latch -91- flange is received within respective ones of each latch assembly with the co-planar flanges being disposed inboard of the enlarged protuberance so that the stub shaft shifts the safety latch laterally against the biasing force during vehicle on-loading with the safety latch shifting back into its biased latch-engaged position when the vehicle is fully loaded to positively latch the vehicle to the carrier.
Collins Joe H.
French David J.
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