Patent ID: 8348562
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A wheel chock assembly for a tire of a wheel of a vehicle on a deck of a transporter, said wheel chock assembly comprising: a first chock configured to be an anchor chock which is securely attachable to a chock-rail on the deck on a first side of the tire, said first chock including: a second chock configured to be an active chock which is securely attachable to the chock-rail on the deck on a second side of the tire, said second chock including: said second frame, said torque tube and said strap configured such that, when the harness is wrapped around the tire and secured to the elongated anchoring element, an active side strap lower portion which commences at a tangent to a first point at which the strap leaves the tire's tread and ends at a second point defined by a tangent at the wrap surface nearest the tire is in the second safe zone, and said first frame, said elongated anchoring element, and said strap configured such that, when the harness is wrapped around the tire and secured to the elongated anchoring element, an anchor side strap lower portion which commences at a tangent to at a first point at which the strap leaves the tire's tread to a second point defined by a tangent at a surface of the elongated anchoring element where the hook contacts the surface is in the first safe zone.