Patent ID: 8113397

Claim:
A load stop arrangement for laterally restraining a load being carried on an elevated load carrying tube mounted on a vehicle, said load stop arrangement comprising: a receiver on a load carrying tube mountable on a vehicle; an elongate bracket coupled by a pivotable interconnection to a base fastening portion configured for securement to the receiver on the load carrying tube, wherein said elongate bracket is transitionable between a working configuration and a transporting configuration by pivotation of said pivotable interconnection, wherein said receiver is defined by a C-shaped channel having an access slot exposed at a rear facing surface of said load carrying tube; said pivotable interconnection extending said elongate bracket in a substantially horizontal orientation at an elevation not greater than an elevation of said base fastening portion in said transporting configuration; and said pivotable interconnection further comprising: a pair of spaced apart partly tubular portions of said elongate bracket configured for receiving an axle of said fastening portion therein, wherein each of said pair of spaced apart partly tubular portions is interiorly cylindrical shaped; an axle of said fastening portion rotatably received in said pair of spaced apart partly tubular portions and thereby accommodating pivotable transition of said load stop arrangement between said working configuration and said transporting configuration; and an exterior periphery of each of said pair of spaced apart partly tubular portions comprising at least two flat surfaces, one of said flat surfaces being at a first perpendicular radial distance from said axle and a second of said flat surfaces being at a second greater perpendicular radial distance from said axle, said base fastening portion assuming a laterally fixed configuration relative said load carrying tube when said second of said flat surfaces is facing toward said rear facing surface of said load carrying tube and said base fastening portion assuming a laterally moveable configuration relative said load carrying tube when said first of said flat surfaces is facing toward said rear facing surface of said load carrying tube.