Truck restraint

US7056077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pentalift Equipment Corporation · CA

Inventors

• Paul Pedersen · Guelph, CA
• Jason Fowler · Markeaton, GB
• Mike Tikal · Guelph, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G69/003
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A truck restraint has a carriage movable in a vertical direction along a track between a first lowered position and a second operative position. A fluid actuator moves the carriage along the track between the first and second positions. The actuator is operable, with the hook in the first position, to cause relative rotation between the hook and the track so that the hook is moved from a downwardly inclined position to a generally horizontal position, prior to movement from the first position.