Freight accommodation on freight carrier inventions 09/08

20080232917 - Rail loading train for transporting long welded rails: A rail loading train for transporting long welded rails includes a device at the end of the rail loading train for anchoring the rails. The device includes a plurality of insertion devices each being provided for anchoring a single rail and having an inserting opening and a rail stop. Each... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080232918 - Device for stowing a road vehicle on a bearing plane so that it can be transported by another vehicle: The device (1) for stowing a vehicle when it is transported on a bearing plane (9) by one of its wheels or from an anchorage on the chassis is characterized in that it is constituted by the following means: a link (2) that has a coupling end (5) provided to... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080232919 - Auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock: A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080232920 - Device for handling unit loads: The present invention relates to a device for gripping a unit load during handling of same, said device comprising an attachment portion for attaching the device to the unit load, a gripping portion (for engaging with a handling means) which is embodied in the form of a container corner, and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080232921 - Method and device for restraining a cargo pallet: A method and device for restraining a cargo pallet disposed on the floor of a truck or other container comprising positioning adjacent the cargo pallet a plastic brace, engaging the plastic brace and the cargo pallet, and securing the plastic brace to the floor with a fastener. The plastic brace... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080232922 - Cargo bracing device: A cargo bracing device includes a base having two side plates for rotatably attaching a reel drum, one or more toothed discs attached to the reel drum and controlled to rotate relative to the base with a stop, an operating arm having two legs rotatably attached to the reel drum,... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080226410 - Motorcycle restraint system: The present invention is a motorcycle restraint system utilizing a trailing member linking the rear axle of the motorcycle to the floor of the transport vehicle via two hinge joints, allowing for automatic height adjustment. The restraint system allows the motorcycle to be transported without the use of tension straps,... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080219793 - Liner for container with side door: A moisture proof liner and method for installing the liner in an elongated container for shipping cargo is provided. The method may include the steps of providing said liner to be placed in the container, cutting an access opening in at least one of the side panels, attaching a lateral... Agent: King & Schickli, Pllc

20080219794 - Winch for cargo-retaining strap: A winch for a cargo restraining strap includes a frame having a base and first and second parallel spaced sidewalls. The first and second sidewalls define respective first and second apertures. A protective wall extends from the base and is spaced from the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080219795 - Flexible truck bed tie-down system: A flexible cargo bed tie-down system allows the user to easily change, adjust, customize, and adapt his or her vehicle to specific needs at any given moment, and interfaces with the rest of the vehicle in an optimum manner from a functional, structural, and aesthetic standpoint. One embodiment of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080219796 - Cargo container with peripheral wall structure reinforced by side post assemblies: A cargo container having a floor and a peripheral wall structure and including a plurality of side post assemblies. Each side post assembly has a body with a vertically extending length. The body of each side post assembly is secured at the outside surface of at least one of the... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080213058 - Modular interchangeable cargo deck: A removable, modular, cargo deck trailer system may include different types of modular, interchangeable, removable deck units which are configured to be removably and interchangeably attached to a trailer. The different types of modular, interchangeable, removable deck units may collectively include a plurality of moving apparatus for moving cargo in... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080213059 - Universal apparatus for the inspection, transportation, and storage of large shell structures: An apparatus for holding an aerospace structure, having an edge and a surface, includes a base. Coupled to the base is an edge support adapted to releasably engage the edge of the structure. Also coupled to the base is a stanchion. Moveably coupled to the stanchion is a surface support... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20080213060 - Load security device comprising a coupling device with snap action: A lashing device includes a stretching device which is to be fastened between two fixing points that are to be secured to one another, the stretching device including stretching device parts which are each connectible to one of the fixing points. At least a first stretching device part has a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080213061 - Track slot fastener: A fastener assembly secures loads to a track in a truck bed and is retainable within a track slot of the track. The fastener assembly may include a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a rotatable handle operating on the retainer, the rotatable handle... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500