Load partitioning device for freight vehicles

Claim 1

IN A FREIGHT VEHICLE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CUBIC VOLUME DEFINED BY OPPOSITELY DISPOSED PAIRS OF SIDE AND END WALLS, A CEILING AND A FLOOR, AN ARRANGEMENT FOR DIVIDING SAID VOLUME INTO SMALLER CUBIC VOLUMES COMPRISING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TRACK MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CEILING, A RECTANGULAR GATE SUSPENDED BETWEEN SAID FLOOR AND CEILING, MEANS MOVABLE ALONG SAID TRACK MEANS AND SUPPORTING SAID GATE SUBSTANTIALLY INTERMEDIATE ITS WIDTH FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CAR TO A SELECTIVE POSITION IN A PLANE TRANSVERSE TO SAID SIDE WALLS AND PERMITTING SAID MOVABLE MEANS AND SAID GATE TO MOVE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WHEN SAID GATE IS TURNED BETWEEN SAID TRANSVERSE POSITION AND A POSITION PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE WALLS, AND LOCKING MEANS LOCATED ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID GATE COOPERATING WITH SAID FLOOR AND CEILING AND INDEPENDENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE AND INCLUDING MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN ONE OF SAID LOCKING DEVICES IS IN A LOCKED POSITION AND THE OTHER OF SAID LOCKING DEVICES IS IN AN UNLOCKED POSITION TO DISPLACE SAID GATE FROM SUSPENSING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY TO PROVIDE A TURNING AXIS ABOUT SAID LOCKING MEANS IN SAID LOCKED POSITION FOR TURNING SAID GATE INTO A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINALLY AXIS OF SAID CAR AND RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS.