Freight retaining device

Claim 1

In a freight-bracing device for freight compartments having supporting rails mounted on opposite sidewalls thereof including a swingboard mounted on and extending between a pair of such supporting rails, wherein the improvement comprises: a. a substantially rectangularly shaped end connector on each end edge of the swingboard for mounting the swingboard to supporting rails of varying configurations; b. stirrup strips embracing the end edges and portions of the sidewalls of the swingboard and providing in their end edge embracing portion an elongated rectangularly shaped opening through which a portion of said end connector freely projects in coaxial relation to one another and in an offset relation to the center longitudinal axis of the swingboard; c. means provided by said end connectors for positioning behind the end edge of said stirrup strips that define the rectangularly shaped edge opening formed therein for connecting said end connectors to the end edges of the swingboard so that an end portion thereof extends longitudinally beyond said end edge of said swingboard; d. means provided by said end portions of said end connectors for removably attaching said swingboard between supporting rails and for permitting rotation of the swingboard together with its end connectors through 180* about its center longitudinal axis and attachment between supporting rails in varying elevated planes; and e. said means including a pair of vertically aligned parallelly extending slots for receiving a horizontally disposed portion of the supporting rail and oppositely directed hook portions extending perpendicularly to and on either side of said slots for embracing a vertically disposed portion of the supporting rail for connecting the swingboard thereto.