Sea-land Corporation

Henry J Sandt, Jr

Willem H Van Iperen

Eric G Aronson

A cargo restraining floor clamp for use in refrigerated carriers having a T-type flooring structure to enable such carriers to be used for the transport of general types of cargo, thus minimizing the problem of deadheading of these containers on a return trip. The floor clamp includes a channel shaped top floor plate positioned across the top of two adjacent T shaped floor members, and an under floor hold down plate positioned beneath the T tops between the two adjacent T shaped floor members. A pair of eye bolts extend through the top floor plate, between the two adjacent T shaped floor members, and through the under floor hold down plate, and serve to clamp the plates to opposite sides of the T tops of the T shaped floor members. In a preferred embodiment a wooden beam is also positioned on top of the top floor plate, and a strap member is positioned on top of the wooden beam, with the two eye bolts extending through the strap member, outside the wooden beam, through the top floor plate, between the adjacent T shaped floor members, and into the threaded apertures of the under floor plate, to clamp all of those members together. Furthermore, the wooden beam extends transversely to the T shaped floor members, and the floor clamp is positioned near one end of the wooden beam, and a second similar floor clamp is positioned at the opposite, second end of the wooden beam.

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Mt. Bethel, PA, United States of America

Henry J Sandt, Jr