Freight accommodation on freight carrier inventions 02/08

20080044248 - Marsupial fifth wheel tractor: A vehicle designed to tow conventional and fifth wheeled hitched trailers while loading, un-loading and carrying an auxiliary automobile with in the vehicles interior and a number of occupants plus temporary living quarters for those occupants.... Agent: Leon Orville Clutterham

20080044249 - Cargo retention device: A retainer for a vehicle cargo area that is bounded in part by a floor and a door moveable between open and closed positions includes a retaining member spanning at least a portion of the cargo area, a pivot feature operably associated with the retaining member, and a retaining feature... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080044250 - Vehicle article carrier having cooperative tie-down and load bar assemblies: A vehicle article carrier system employing a pair of support rails adapted to be secured to the sidewalls of a bed of a pick-up truck. Attached to the sidewalls are a pair of tie-down assemblies that can be fixedly secured at various points along each of the support rails. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080038074 - Device for the connection of transport devices: There is provided a device for the connection of transport apparatuses, in particular a twistlock, which has an elongate central portion and two lock members for engagement into corner fitments of the transport apparatuses. The two lock members respectively co-operate with the ends of the central portion in such a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080038075 - Tie-down cleat and method for a vehicle article carrier: A vehicle article carrier system employing a pair of support rails adapted to be secured to the sidewalls of a bed of a pick-up truck. Attached to the sidewalls are a pair of tie-down assemblies that can be fixedly secured at various points along each of the support rails. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080031700 - Cargo holder for a vehicle: A cargo securing apparatus for holding cargo to the bed of a vehicle such as a pickup truck includes a one-piece body and straps. The body has a first horizontally extending portion, a second vertically extending portion and a third angled portion. The horizontal portion extends either under or over... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c