Patent ID: 7458757
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for securing a construction structure to a flatbed, said apparatus comprising: an outer horizontal tube, said outer tube having a lifting plate, said lifting plate having a lifting hole, said lifting plate being fixedly attached to said outer tube and said outer tube having two chain openings for securing a first and second load chain, one of said load chains in each said opening of said outer tube, said outer tube having two locking pin holes, one of said holes proximate each end of said outer tube; two inner tubes slideably attached to said outer tube, one of said inner tubes in each end of said outer tube, said inner tubes having a plurality of locking pin holes; a protection flange fixedly attached to an outer end of each of said inner tubes; removable locking pins to temporarily secure said inner tubes to said outer tube in a fixed position by inserting said locking pins into said locking pin holes in said inner and outer tubes; a first resilient load pad removably attached to the bottom of said outer tube; said first load chain being secured at a first end to said outer tube in one of said chain openings and traversing inside of said outer tube and one of said inner tubes past a respective one of said protective flanges with a hooking mechanism on a second end of said first load chain; said second load chain being secured at a first end to said outer tube in one of said chain openings and traversing inside of said outer tube and one of said inner tubes past a respective one of said protective flanges; a chain tensioner removably attached at a first end to a second end of said second load chain; and a second end of said chain tensioner attached to a first end of a third load chain, said third load chain having a hooking mechanism at a second end of said third load chain.