Patent ID: 6835034
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A system for restraining a road vehicle on a vehicle support surface of a transport vehicle; said system comprising providing for each road vehicle, four primary wheel restraining devices having an arresting surface and securing means for attaching same to said vehicle support surface with said arresting surface positioned adjacent a thread face of a tire of front and rear pairs of wheels of said road vehicle and on an outward side of said pairs of wheels thereby establishing a transport location of said road vehicle on said vehicle support surface between said four primary wheel restraining devices; and four catcher tire abutment devices also having an arresting surface and securing means for attaching same to said vehicle support surface an approximate predetermined distance adjacent said thread face on an inward side of said pairs of wheels, said approximate predetermined distance being calculated whereby said arresting surface of said catcher tire abutment devices is contacted by said thread face of a pair of said wheels a predetermined time lapse after a vehicle at said transport location has been subjected to an axial impact force to permit said arresting surface of said primary wheel restraining devices to be contacted first by the tires of the wheels of one of said front and rear pair of wheels whereupon said tires compress against said arresting surfaces of said primary wheel restraining devices to absorb impact energy by deformation of said tires while causing said wheels and road vehicle to move upward whereby the weight of said road vehicle provides a downward restoring load to assist said road vehicle to return to said transport location when said arresting surface of said catcher tire abutment devices are contacted by the tires of the other pair of wheels.