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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander H Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
John William Meskoe, Concord, NH (US);
Assignee:
AESOP, Inc., Concord, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414500 ; 414480 ; 414494 ;
Abstract
A system and technique for holding down and restraining a roll-off container in place as it is winched into its final position on the bed of a truck or other transport device, wherein, as the roll-off container is winched into position on the truck, a protuberance on the side of the bottom rail of the roll-off container slides into a mating interlocking cradle attached to the truck. The sliding mate can be of a cantilevered spear into a socket, or more generically, a sliding open-ended mate such as a dovetail. In the event of a crash or sudden stop, the roll-off container will thus be retained by the interlocking connection.