Claims
- 1. A chock for use in securing four wheel vehicles to a deck mounted rail of a transport carrier including a polymer body having a pocket formed and adapted to mount the body laterally over a deck mounted rail having a series of transverse openings therein, said pocket having spaced walls which extended generally parallel to and closely adjacent the rail, a pin movably mounted in said body and positioned to be moved into one of the rail openings to secure the chock body to the rail, a bushing supporting said pin adjacent one of the pocket walls, said bushing being enclosed by said polymer chock body, a thin, elongated vertical load member attached to and extending from said bushing toward the top of said chock and to a level above the pocket, said load member being encased by said polymer chock body, said vertical load member having an enlarged area at the upper end thereof, which enlarged area distributes the vertical load on the chock through a substantial vertical cross section of the chock body.
- 2. The chock of claim 1 further characterized in that the pin moves in a horizontal plane and along a horizontal axis which diverges slightly from a horizontal line perpendicular to the rail and the pocket walls.
- 3. The chock of claim 2 further characterized in that said pin is spring biased toward a position in which it is inserted into one of the rail openings.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/573,732 filed on Aug. 28, 1990, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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