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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Jeffrey D Wurzer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
McConway & Torley Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Discloses is a castable, pedestal-type support apparatus to support a cargo shipping container on a transportation vehicle in a position to be secured thereto by a particular style locking mechanism. The apparatus includes an elongated body portion with a pivot pin receiving portion and a counterweight portion at one end, and a cargo shipping container engaging apparatus at the other end. The cargo shipping container engaging apparatus includes a three-sided rectangular cavity against a rectangular floor wall portion with a four-sided rectangular opening thereto at the outermost end. Lock engaging apparatus incorporated therewith include a pair of parallel and spaced rib members disposed across said four-sided rectangular opening into said three-sided rectangular cavity, each having an aperture aligned with the axis of a half-circle cut-out portion in the each end of a pair of side wall portions of the rectangular cavity, as well as a pair of lock engaging nipples extending downwardly from the upper and outer corner of the three-sided cavity at an angle approximately 30 degrees from vertical.