Patent ID: 8079793
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A trailer comprising: a floor; a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from said floor, each said sidewall having a planar interior surface extending from an upper end of said sidewall to a lower end of said sidewall and a planar exterior surface extending from an upper end of said sidewall to a lower end of said sidewall; an aperture provided through one of said sidewalls, said aperture having a peripheral edge; and a hold down assembly being capable of having cargo within the trailer secured thereto, said hold down assembly including a plate assembly and a cover, said plate assembly including a plate having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a peripheral edge, and a hold down mounted to said interior surface of the plate, said cover having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a peripheral edge, a portion of said interior surface of said plate abutting said exterior surface of said sidewall such that said peripheral edge of said plate abuts said exterior surface of said sidewall, said hold down being positioned within said aperture, at least a portion of said exterior surface of said plate abutting against said interior surface of said cover, the peripheral edge of said cover extending beyond the peripheral edge of the plate assembly and beyond the peripheral edge of the aperture such that said peripheral edge of said cover is proximate to said sidewall, said cover protrudes outwardly from said planar exterior surface of said sidewall, wherein said plate is attached to said cover by adhesive.