The cargo pallet for use in transporting cargo in aircraft, in which the balsa wood core of the prior art pallet is replaced with an aluminum grid, to which the top and bottom aluminum sheets of the pallet are attached by rivets. The aluminum grid comprises stringers and struts which may be parallel, respectively, to the sides of the pallet, or placed laterally, at an angle, respectively, to the sides of the pallet. Further, the stringers and struts may be interlocked.

A cargo carrier adapted to fit a wide range of models, makes and styles, including pickup trucks. A pair of side rails, preferably channels, are supported on legs which are to be bolted to the truck side panel. At the tops of the legs are angle mounting brackets, each with a horizontal portion which hooks over the lower flange of the channel member and an upright portion which is bolted to the web of the channel member. The front legs are bolted through a selected one of a series of bolt holes i...

A cargo retainer having a floor contacting member provided with an upwardly facing load bearing surface and an upright member secured adjacent to one end of the floor contacting member is provided with a floor piercing element. The floor piercing element is movably mounted adjacent to the juncture between the floor contacting member and the upright member and is movable between a floor piercing position and a position rendering the element incapable of piercing the floor.

A cargo retainer, having a floor contacting member provided with an upwardly facing load bearing surface and an upright member secured adjacent to the rear end of the floor contacting member, is provided with a floor piercing element. The floor piercing element is movably mounted adjacent to the juncture between the floor contacting member and the upright member and is movable relative to the cargo retainer between a position of relatively shallow floor piercing engagement and a position of subs...

The invention relates to an automotive cargo carrier utilizing interlocking vertically offset tubular perimeter members and multiple intersecting tension members providing for a substantially rigid, yet resilient structure, and a system for cargo carriage utilizing various interchangeable elements.

The cargo retainer comprises a floor contacting member having an upwardly facing load bearing surface which is adapted to project forwardly beneath the cargo load and an upright member secured to the floor contacting member in spaced relation from the forward end of the floor contacting member for engaging with the face of the cargo load. Transversely spaced wheels are rotatably mounted adjacent to the rear end of the floor contacting member and are out of contact with the floor when the floor c...

A weatherproof system for cargo containers has therein an outwardly open lengthwise channel or groove formed in each of two opposing side edges of a floor panel 1, and the lower portion of one of four side panels is disposed immediately outward of the groove in such a way that a water trapping chamber is defined between the lengthwise groove and the lower portion of the side panel. The bottom surface of the water trapping chamber thus defined is in substantially coplanar relationship with an adj...

A cargo container (1) and a coupling assembly (13) for releasably coupling two or more of those containers (1) together in a side-by-side relationship. The assembly (13) has a male and female coupling part (14,15). The male coupling part (14) has a mounting structure (16) for mounting that part (14) on a container corner (12). A connecting element (25) is carried by the mounting structure (16) and retained for limited linear movement between a projected position projecting from the mounting stru...

An extendible brace or dunnage bar for stabilizing cargo items within the interior of a cargo transport vehicle, the invention provides a simple, reliable and inexpensive device capable of rapid positioning relative to an object which is to be braced against movement. In a first embodiment, an elongate bar is received within a rectangular casing and is provided with spur-like elements on the free end of the bar for engaging an interior wall of a freight car. The rectangular casing is provided wi...

A box-like container typically used in the transportation of cargo by air having an improved door closure apparatus. The favored air cargo container has a base pallet having a front and rear hoop attached thereto, to which aluminum sheets are attached to enclose the container leaving one or more door openings. Each of the hoops consists of two corner posts and a top crosspiece member therebetween. A piece of fabric material sufficient to cover the door opening of the container is attached to the...