Patent ID: 7815404
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A trough liner for use in a transverse trough of a coil transport vehicle defining a longitudinal centerline, for transporting coils, rolls or cylindrical objects, the trough liner cushioning a load and preventing lateral creep of the load comprising: a mounting base having a top surface and a bottom surface for secured mounting to a wall of a transverse trough of a coil transport vehicle via said bottom surface; a rib-structure extending from said mounting base and having a plurality of spaced-apart, flexible, rib elements for use in cushioning the load thereon and for preventing lateral creep of the load; each said rib element being flexible and downwardly pivotal in a first angular direction toward said mounting base when supporting the load thereon for cushioning the load; each said rib element also being at least partially deflectable in a second opposite angular direction upon the load supported by other said rib elements impinging thereagainst during lateral creep of the load during transport by a transport vehicle, each said rib element providing stiffened resistance to lateral creep of the load when said rib element is caused to deflect in said second opposite angular direction; said plurality of rib elements being angled rib elements extending angularly in a same direction with each said rib element having a slope, said slope being in a direction such that, when the liner is mounted in a transverse trough of a coil transport vehicle, each said angled rib element slopes toward the longitudinal centerline of the transport vehicle.