Hinged stake for flat-car loading

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE HAVING A LOAD-BEARING BED AND AN OPENEND STAKE-RECEIVING POCKET ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BED, A LOAD-RETAINING STAKE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FOOT MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER PART OF REDUCED CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA, SAID FOOT MEMBER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID POCKET WITH SAID UPPER PART NORMALLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE POCKET AND THE REMAINDER THEREOF PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE POCKET, MEANS ON SAID FOOT MEMBER EFFECTIVE TO RESIST REMOVAL OF SAID FOOT UPWARDLY OUT OF SAID POCKET, A BRACKET HAVING A CLEVIS FORMED ON ITS LOWER END MOUNTED WITH SAID CLEVIS PITOTALLY ENGAGING SAID UPPER PART OF SAID FOOT IN SAID POCKET AND THE REMAINDER THEREOF NORMALLY PROJECTING UPWARDLY OF THE POCKET, SAID CLEVIS AND SAID UPPER PART HAVING ALIGNED TRANSVERSE HOLES THERETHROUGH, A PINTLE FITTED IN SAID ALIGNED HOLES FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID BRACKET AND SAID FOOT TOGETHER, SAID FOOT BEING ADAPTED TO BE LIFTED PARTIALLY UPWARDLY OUT OF SAID POCKET SO THAT SAID BRACKET IS FREE OF SAID POCKET, SAID BRACKET BEING PIVOTABLE ABOUT SAID PINTLE WHEN FREE OF SAID POCKET BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID BED AND A SECOND POSITION EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID BED AT AN ANGLE MORE THAN 180 DEGREES FROM SAID FIRST POSITION, SAID CLEVIS AND SAID UPPER PART HAVING MATCHING NOTCHES OFFSET FROM SAID HOLES AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID CLEVIS AND SAID UPPER PART, SAID POCKET HAVING MATCHING HOLES IN OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF ALIGNED WITH AN DIRECTED NORMAL TO SAID MATCHING NOTCHES, A LOCKING PIN REMOVABLY FITTED THROUGH THE HOLES IN SAID POCKET AND SAID MATCHING NOTCHES FOR SECURING SAID FOOT MEMBER AND SAID BRACKET WITHIN SAID POCKET AND LOCKING SAID FOOT MEMBER AND SAID BRACKET AGAINST PIVOTAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, AND A POST EXTENDING FROM SAID REMAINDER OF SAID BRACKET UPWARDLY OF SAID VEHICLE BED WHEN SAID BRACKET IS IN SAID NORMAL POSITION.