B - Operations – Transporting – 62 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
62
D
B62D 25/00 (2006.01) B62D 33/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2129504
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A locking member for use in locking together adjacent side panels on a commercial vehicle has a locking lever pivotably mounted within a hollow housing such as a stanchion. A portion of the lever extends outside of the housing. The locking lever has a pivot axis, and first and second arms extend from respective opposite sides of the pivot axis. The first arm of the locking lever extends partially outside of the housing, and has a locking element for engaging a complementary locking element on an adjacent side panel; the second arm of the locking lever is within the housing. The locking member also has two complementary engagement members, one extending from the second arm and the other having a fixed position relative to the hollow housing. When a force above a predetermined value presses on the adjacent side panel, as happens for instance when a load on the vehicle has shifted, the two complementary engagement members move into engagement with each other to prevent pivoting of the locking lever. At other times a person unloading the vehicle can freely pivot a locking lever of a locking member to uncouple adjacent side panels. Thus the locking member of this invention protects a person unloading a vehicle against sudden movement caused by a shifted load on the vehicle.
G. Ronald Bell & Associates
Karl Hildebrand Gmbh
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