US1299512A - Anchor-strap. - Google Patents

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Patenfd Apr.l 8, 1919.

ANCHOR SIRA@ l APPLICATION mw l2` 1918.

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GEORGE E. SEIDEI, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANA.

ANGHOReSTRAP.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE IETSEIDEL, a ,citizen of thel United States, residing in the city oi Richmond, in the county of, IVayne,`

State of Indiana, haveinvented a'new and useful AnchorStrap, of which the following is a full,clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, the same being such as will enable others to lmake and use the saine with exactitude.

, In loading automobiles, or'other vehicles, in or on ears it is important that the vehicle shall be well anchoredin order that it may notI be jarred or forced out of position Ain transit, therefore 4to 'accomplish this with absolute positiveness and with a minimum amount of time, labor, and expense devoted thereto,` and without danger of damage to the vehicle, is the paramount object of this invention. p More specifically stated, my object is to provide anchorsstraps which may be previously prepared, and when the vehicle is in position "for shipment the anchor straps may be quickly attaoliedto retain the vehicle iii position, and then after. the vehicle has arrived at its destination the anchors .may be I quickly removed and again used in the saine manner as before.

f 'Other minorobjects and particular advantages of the invention will suggest theinselves in the course of the following .description, and that which is new will be set up in thefappended claims. y

The preferred form for the construction of my invention, and one manner of its appli'- cation to practice, is clearly shown .in the ac- Acompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is perspective view'of a portion of anautffqnobile, showing two of the wheelsy anchored by means ofniy invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of my anchor straps alone, showing the relative positions of the parts but with the end portions `moved apart, laterally with re- And Fig. 3 is an edge view of one of my anchor strapsnlone, with the end portions shown in actualoperative position.v

Siniilaiindices denote like parts throughout the three views i In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of my invention may be more fully understood andappreciated, I will now take up a detailed description.

thereof, in which I'will set forth the con- Specification of Letters Patent. v

' Patented Apr. 8, 9119.

Application led August 12,1913? serial No. 249,478.

struction andthe operation as fully4 'and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in detail:

Numeral l denotes the strap or body portion of the device, this is formed, preferably, of

.selfi to provide a double thickness thereof,

and each plate is bent near the center, after being; folded, to tor-'ni two portions which are 1 dis? i: ed at an obtuse angle Witlifrelation to each other.A

An end of the flexible body or strap l is located between the two thicknesses of the plate, from which it projects parallel therewith, and it is secured to the plate by a plurality of floor, and will be rivets C and C, which extend through both I thicknesses of the plate and through the strap. The turned edges, D and D, et the plates are located at the end of 'the' plate reniote 'from the strap. l f

Also an aperture., and l', is termed through that part of cach plate other than thatto which the strap is secured` and said apertures extend through both thicknesses of the plate.

The said apertures are so located that they.

will register with each other when the two plates A and I3 are nested together, as in Figs. l and 3.

Numeral denotes lagholts or screws, there being one for each anchor strap, that is one for each two plates. and the body portion of thelagdiolt is adapted tofbe insorted through the apertures E nitidil, withthe heads of said bolts or screws in contact with the surface of plate B.

Letter-"X denotes the support, which may be the {io-or of a car, or the deck tin'ibers above tlieloor. Letter Z denotes thc chock blocks formed to lit the curvature of the wheel and rin which the wheel rests, said blocks being locatedon the floor X; and Y denotesI the sideboards rwhich are secured I to the sides of the blocks Z and contact with the sides of `the tires T which arecarried by and form apart of the Wheel. Letter W denotes the spokesof the Wheels, only those being lettered which are employed with myv anchor. c e

It is to be understood that the -two lates of each anchor "trap may, if desired,-- secured-.to the floor independently of each vother thatis they may be-'spaced apart, as

in Fig. 2, 4and each maybe secured by a lag-bolt. i Operation: The vehicle to be anchored is first placedin position in connection with the chockbloeks, in the usual manner,` asv shown in Fig. 1. Two of my'anchors are lthen employed with each wheel of the ve hicle, the centralv ortion of the body of each anchor is then paced around ya spoke, the two anchors Vfor that wheel being located on spokes forward and rearward of a vertical v line through the, center of the wheel. They end plates of the anchor are then nested tothe floor, the forward anchor bein disposed gether and brought down and outward' to downward and forward at an ang e andthe rearward anchorvbeing disposed downward and lrearwzud at an angle.y The angle at 4which the anchors are disposed 'being govf erned bythe distance -requiregito make the anchors tautfafter they are secured to the From the above it is evident that the two anchor straps for any vone wheel. act as braces counteracting each other and thereby v preventing the wheel from being I'oved forward or rearward, as well as upward.' Also it will be'observed that the two anchors of onewheel will act as bracesc'ounteracting with the two anchors of the' wheel directly opposite thereto, thereby preventing lateral or sidewise motion of the vehicle.

Chor strap thereby making `them taut orunder tension.

As the four wheels of Vthe vehicle are thhs anchored it is evident that the vehicle will be securely vretained in position, yet there will be enough elasticity in the anchory straps f the advantages thereof. y

racaal2 to prevent undue strain, and as thecontact portions" of the anchor straps-with the wheels are of fabric: or soft material it is evident that .thepaintor varnish yvill not be dams' aged thereby.

Iy ydesire that. it that va#l rious. changes maybe made inthe form, size,

vand the proportions of the "parts, and in the kind and the character-of thematerial employed, without' departing` fom'the'spirit of the invention and without sacrificing Aanyof Having now. fullyshowings-iterate my invention', what I 'claim' andi desire 'to secure y Letters *Patent*scf4 theunited.: States, s-'

1.; An anchor ystrip 'ai strap nested together with the said 'apertures thereof Lin registering alinement with each other' whereby a bolt may be insertedv through the apertures 'to secure `the-platesv to afloor.' I v. 2. In combination with avehicle having wheels a `pair of anchor straps `for each wheel and each comprising afstrp' of slightly resilient and exible material whose'central portion may be loopedfin connection with a yportion of a wheel with` its ends extending toward. the support for the vehicle,'an` angu-l lar plate secured to each of said strips, each of said plates having portions at yobtuse angles to each other' with the portion farv90 thestl `from said strip adapted'tc'rI rest flat upon the support for said vehicle, the two plates of each anchor strap bein adapted to nest ytogether one upon the o er, and a single securing means for detachably con- 9'5 necting two of the nested plates to said sup ort, all substantially as shown and "descri ed?. i l I i In testimony whereof I have hereunto 10o subscribed myname to thisspeciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.l

` GEQRGE E. SEIDEL. Witnesses:- I f Rom. w, muda, f y R. E.`RANDLE. l

`of` 7'0. flexible material adapted to form alloopwith4 its ends 'brought near together, 'en -.an lar platesecured to each end 'ofthe-'fini l material and each .having an apertu'r-ethe through, said `plates beingl adapted tov'beA '7B

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