Abstract: A rotatable tailgate assembly is provided for installation on a dump bed. The tailgate assembly has support members attachable to the side of the dump bed. Each support member has at least one bearing adjacent at a free end extending rearwardly of the dump bed's rear opening. A tailgate has a cylindrical tailgate shaft with a first end rotatably received within the bearing of a first support member and a second end rotatably received within a bearing of a second support member. The tailgate has a closure portion extending radially away from the tailgate shaft. The closure portion engages the rear edges of the dump bed floor and sides to close off the dump bed opening when the tailgate assembly is in a closed rotational position. The tailgate assembly also comprises a rotation actuator operatively connected to the tailgate shaft for selective rotation thereof.

Abstract: A quick-connect fitting for a convertible cargo handling assembly may comprise a fixed portion and a coupling component. The fixed portion may be secured to an aircraft frame structure. The coupling component may be coupled to a removable cargo handling component. The coupling component may be configured to rotate relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A railcar with a plurality of transverse bunks along the railcar body for transporting metal coils. The railcar including a longitudinally extending frame with first and second opposed ends. The railcar also includes a pair of side walls extending the longitudinal length of the railcar and secured to the frame on opposed sides of the railcar, the side walls having an interior and an exterior surface. Each transverse bunk includes at least one bottom plate and first and second canted plates secured to the end edges of the bottom plate. The transverse bunks also utilize a transverse bunk reinforcing member with longitudinally opposed end edges, the reinforcing member welded to and spanning the entire longitudinal length of the lower surface of the first and second canted plates. The longitudinally opposed end edges of the bottom plates, first and second canted plates and bunk reinforcing members are welded to the interior surfaces of the laterally opposed sidewalls.

Abstract: An expandable cargo bed system for a vehicle includes a front shell having a front shell first sidewall. The front shell first sidewall includes at least one cargo bed access passage extending between a first side of the front shell first sidewall and a second side of the front shell first sidewall opposite the first side. A rear shell is operably coupled to the front shell so as to be movable with respect to the front shell between a retracted position and an extended position so as to vary a length of the cargo bed. The rear shell has a rear shell first sidewall. The rear shell first sidewall is structured to cover the at least one cargo bed access passage when the rear shell is in the retracted position. The rear shell first sidewall is also structured so that the at least one cargo bed access passage is exposed when the rear shell is in the extended position.

Abstract: An apparatus, a vehicle and a method for securing intermodal cargo containers is provided. Couplers include pins and bottom supports to engage apertures and bottom surfaces of corner fittings for intermodal cargo containers. The couplers may also include sidewall supports to engage forward facing side surfaces of the corner fittings. The pins, bottom supports, and sidewall supports hold an intermodal cargo container in place through a relatively large range of acceleration forces without damaging the corner fittings of the intermodal cargo containers. The couplers are selectively movable from a retracted position to an extended position to engage the corner fittings of the intermodal cargo containers.

Abstract: A stop device for holding a unit load device in place on decking is described. In one example, the stop device includes a cylindrical socket having an outer surface, an inner surface, an open end, and a closed end. The stop device also includes a circular brim extending out from the outer surface, substantially perpendicular to the outer surface of the cylindrical socket, and a handle rod assembly that extends from the closed end of the cylindrical socket. The handle rod assembly can be used to lower the cylindrical socket into an aperture in the decking, such as aperture for a caster wheel in the decking. The handle rod assembly can also be used to rotate the stop device, aligning a circular segment cutout of the circular brim with an edge of the unit load device, to lock the stop device in place below the edge of the unit load device.

Abstract: A rocker support insert for a support rocker comprises a support plate configured to be removably coupled to a top portion of a rocker body; and a support padding fixedly coupled to a top surface of the support plate such that a portion of the top surface of the support plate remains exposed. A top surface of the support padding can define a concave upward-facing contact surface, and the support padding can be thicker than the support plate.

Abstract: A restraint assembly includes a fitting base, a bushing, and a restraint roller disk, according to various embodiments. The fitting base includes a fitting lower surface and a fitting upper surface that is angled relative to the fitting lower surface, according to various embodiments. The fitting base may be configured to be coupled, via an anchor, to a rail upper surface of a guide rail of the cargo system. In various embodiments, the bushing is configured to be disposed about the anchor. In various embodiments, the restraint roller disk includes a roller upper surface and a roller lower surface, wherein the restraint roller disk is configured to be rotatably coupled about the bushing and the roller lower surface is configured to engage the fitting upper surface of the fitting base.

Abstract: Provided is a transport assembly for use in the transport of a large heavy load, including a frame unit realized to lie on a load platform of a transport vehicle; a number of first load-positioning beams, wherein a first load-positioning beam is realized to span a single frame unit; and/or a number of second load-positioning beams, wherein a second load-positioning beam is realized to span a pair of adjacent frame units; and a part adapter realized to engage with a load-positioning beam and to engage with the load. The embodiments further describe a method of securing a large heavy load on a load platform during a transport maneuver.

Abstract: A container floor assembly includes a floor unit, a blocking member and a limiting member, wherein the blocking member is supported on the floor unit, and the limiting member detachably connects the floor unit and the blocking member in a manner of restricting a relative lateral movement of the blocking member and the floor unit. Each of the blocking member and the floor unit is provided with a limiting structure, the limiting member is detachable and connected to the limiting structures in the blocking member and the floor unit simultaneously. The floor unit includes a floor body and a floor chassis, the floor body is mounted on the floor chassis, and the blocking member is supported on the floor body.

Abstract: A support rocker configured to be pivotally coupled to a rocker attachment interface of a space frame comprises a rocker body having a pivot bore configured to receive therethrough a pivot pin to pivotally couple the rocker body to the rocker attachment interface; and a rocker support insert provided on a top portion of the rocker body. The rocker support insert can be removably coupled to the top portion of the rocker body, and the rocker support insert can define an upward-facing contact surface.

Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering a requested payload using an autonomous delivery vehicle are described herein. In some embodiments, a cargo system for use with an autonomous delivery vehicle can include a frame defining a cargo space having an opening. A plurality of partitions can be positioned within the cargo space and configured to divide the cargo space into compartments. In some embodiments, the partitions are movable so that the cargo space can be divided into efficiently-sized compartments based on, for example, size characteristics of the payload. The cargo system can further include an access system configured to selectively define an aperture over the opening of the cargo space. The access system can vary the size and position of the aperture to provide access to only a selected one of the compartments regardless of the size and/or position of the selected compartment.

Abstract: A cargo restraint includes a housing. The cargo restraint further includes an inner pawl and an outer pawl coupled to the housing and configured to rotate between a retracted position and an erected position relative to the housing. The cargo restraint further includes a locking pawl rotatably coupled to at least one of the inner pawl or the outer pawl and configured to rotate between a locked position in which the inner pawl and the outer pawl are locked in the erected position and an unlocked position.

Abstract: A railcar consist of flatcars for transporting continuous rail sections configured for top loading and end unloading of the rail sections. The consist includes a tie-down flatcar and plural support flatcars. The tie-down flatcar includes a rail securement rack with plural removable rail clamping shelves that facilitate top loading and clamping of the rail sections in place. Each of the plural support flatcars have a roller rack fixed to it. The roller racks include plural roller shelves with rollers to support the rail sections. The roller shelves are pivotally mounted to the roller racks between a loading position that provides clearance for placement of the rail sections from above the consist, and a transport position that supports the rail sections.

Abstract: A restraint for use in restraining cargo includes a main body having an elongated shape with a contact end configured to contact and restrain the cargo and a second end opposite the contact end, the contact end defining a first face and a second face such that a first angle between the first face and the second face is at least one of less than or equal to 160 degrees. The restraint further includes a spring configured to allow the main body to rotate relative to a stationary object in response to contact with the cargo and to cause the main body to return to a neutral position in response to a lack of contact with the cargo.

Abstract: A trailer for carrying plate glass has an elongated deck and an elongated rigid beam that extends above the deck. The beam supports plate glass transported by the trailer. The deck and the beam may be made from aluminum.

Abstract: A loading platform configured for attachment of cargo holding belts by means of a hook, the platform comprising a substantially rectangular frame supporting a loading surface, the frame including two longitudinal side members, and platform walls attached to outer sides of the frame members, inner surfaces of the platform walls delimiting a generally flat loading area. On a side facing away from the loading area each side member is provided with a protruding edge for engaging a hook of a cargo holding belt, wherein the edge extends beyond the loading area, and is received by a recess in a platform wall.

Abstract: A device for engaging an elongated support for restraining cargo in a container having a pair of opposed walls and configured to transfer to shear stress at least some of the tensile force applied by the elongated support.

Abstract: Method for securing packing units 20 on a transport vehicle 21, the packing units comprising a base 22 and at least two upright joined round containers 2a, 2b, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first fixing holder 1? on the upright circumferential edges 5 of two upright joined containers 2a, 2b of a first packing unit 20?, providing a second fixing holder 1? on two upright circumferential edges of two upright joined containers 2a, 2b of the first packaging unit 20? or of a second packaging unit 20?, arranging a tying strap or tensioning cable 8 over the fixing holders 1?, 1?, securing the first packing unit 20? with the tying strap or tensioning cable 8 on the transport vehicle 21.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a wheelchair-mounting vehicle including a handrail provided in a support shaft and switched between a used position and a stored position as the support shaft rotates, the used position being a position at which the handrail is arranged in a vicinity of a chest area of an occupant of a wheelchair, and the stored position being a position at which the handrail is arranged along a side wall of a vehicle cabin above the used position in the vehicle upper-lower direction. The support shaft in which the handrail for the occupant of the wheelchair in a forward posture is provided is arranged so as to be inclined upward to a front side in the vehicle front-rear direction in a side view.