A freight tub 10 for a freight vehicle, the freight tub 10 including a floor 16 and extending upwardly from the floor 16 a pair of side walls 11, 12 and a pair of end walls 13, 14 that define an interior space above the floor. The wall 14 forming a rotatable wall closure capable of rotating between open and closed positions and being generally rectangular, so as to have bottom and top edges and spaced apart side edges. One or more locks 23 are provided to lock the wall 14 in the closed position. The locks 23 are rotatable between locked and unlocked positions, whereby with the wall 14 in the closed position and the locks 23 in the locked position, the locks 23 engage against an outside face of the wall 14 at the bottom edge 25 of the wall 14 to resist movement of the wall 14 to the open position and whereby in the unlocked position, the locks 23 retract to a position which is beneath the floor 16 of the freight tub 10. sa ow >& ''t N' \ \\'
A TAILGATE LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR A FREIGHT VEHICLE
2017-09-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | E05B LOCKS , Schlösser / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS / B65D Behältnisse zur Lagerung oder zum Transport von Gegenständen oder Materialien [Container], z.B. Säcke, Beutel, Fässer, Flaschen, Dosen, Kästen, Büchsen, Schachteln, Packkörbe, Tonnen, Gläser, Flüssigkeitsbehälter, Trichtersilos, Transportbehälter , CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS / E05C Riegel oder Feststellvorrichtungen für Flügel, insbesondere für Türen oder Fenster , BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS |