Patent ID: 9033630
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. In combination: a) a storage unit associated with an over-the-road vehicle, the storage unit having an internal wall surface bounding a storage space and including spaced and facing first and second wall surfaces and a floor surface; and b) a cargo support system comprising: first and second vertically extending tracks operatively and respectively mounted one each to the first and second wall surfaces; and at least a first elongate beam having spaced first and second ends attached respectively to the first and second tracks in an operative position spaced above the floor surface, wherein at least one of the first or second tracks is maintained operatively mounted to the first wall surface through the use of an adhesive, wherein the storage unit comprises a framework and a plurality of panels on the framework defining the internal wall surface, and at least one for the first or second tracks is secured by at least one fastener extending into the framework at at least one of a top and bottom location on the at least one track, wherein the framework comprises top and bottom rails and at least a respective one of the fasteners extends into one of the top and bottom rails and the at least one of the first or second tracks, and another of the respective one of the fasteners extends into the other of the top and bottom rails and at least one of the first or second tracks, wherein the storage unit comprises a first plate that resides between the first wall surface and the at least one of the first or second tracks over substantially a full vertical extent of the at least one of the first or second tracks and there are no fasteners extending into the first plate and first wall surface over a majority of a distance between the top and bottom plates.