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Device for the nonskid transport of objects on loading surfaces of motor vehicles

US5839865A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1996
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60P7/14
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for fastening on a motor vehicle with a loading surface and a boundary wall for the nonskid transport of objects, has a mounting element to be fastened on the boundary wall, a holding element, a scissor-type mechanism connecting the holding element with the mounting element, the scissor-type mechanism including a first pair of crossing levers hingedly connected with each other at a first common central hinge point and a second pair of crossing levers hingedly connected with each other at a second common central point, each of the levers of the first pair are hinged to the mounting element, wherein the first ends of the levers of the second pair are hinged to the holding element, wherein the second ends of the levers of the first pair are hinged to the second ends of respective ones of the levers of the second pair, and wherein the arrangement is such that the scissor-type mechanism allows movement of the holding element along a path back and forth with respect to the mounting element, and fixing a unit associated with the scissor-type mechanism for fixing the holding element in any desired position along the path of the back and forth movement.

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