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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Edward Moradians, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Ancra International, LLC., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
A plurality of rail assemblies are used for supporting cargo on the floor of a vehicle. Each rail assembly has two main parts, a cross track and a compression bar which are connected together. One free end of the compression bar has shear lugs which are fitted into a track having cutout portions separated from each other by lip portions which is attached to the vehicle floor. The other end of the cross track is attached to one end of the compression bar. The other end of the compression bar abuts against a tube member attached to the vehicle floor. Each rail assembly is attached at points between is ends to a pair of cross rails. Rollers along which the pallet on which the cargo is loaded and can be moved are attached to the cross tracks. The pallet is retained in position on the rail assemblies by mean of manually operable latch devices installed one each of the cross tracks of the rail assemblies which have tongues which fit into cavities in the pallet in response to manual actuation.