Patent · US Expired

Security system for wheeled vehicles residing on a moving deck

US5173018A · kind A · utility

23Cited by

19References

9Claims

0Family size

Inventors

James L. Kissel · Dell Rapids, US
Earl J. Dailey · Rapid City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 1991
Grant date	Dec 22, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB63B25/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved wheel clamp 1 including a first wheel chock (25) and a second wheel chock (29), interconnected by a first threaded rod (44) and a second threaded rod (46), the threaded rods being driven by a motor (43) driving chains (45, 47) such that rotation of the threaded rods urge the wheel chocks (25, 29) away from each other and into an abutting relationship with vehicle tires (11, 12). A pair of hold down clamps (33, 38) reside in a pivotable relationship adjacent to the wheel chocks (25, 29) and rotate upward to grip an inner surface of the tires (11, 12) as the wheel chocks engage the tires.

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