Terry Wayne Horton

US Patent:

47623616, Aug 9, 1988

Filed:

Jun 19, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/064102

Inventors:

Terry Horton - Whittier CA
Emilio Zavalza - Walnut CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Mfg. Co. - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

B60J 506

US Classification:

296181

Abstract:

A curtain-sided vehicle in which there is a multiple panel curtain suspended from rollers engaging a rail along the roof of the curtain-sided vehicle. On each end of the curtain is attached a sliding door structure which also has rollers engaging the rail running along the roof. Hooks on the bottom of the sliding doors and the curtain slidably engage the platform of the vehicle. The curtain is pleated when one of the doors is slid open to gain access to the cargo area of the vehicle. To aid in pleating the curtain, biased hinge devices, located in each panel, bias the curtain away from the cargo area and facilitate accurate and compact pleating of the curtain.

US Patent:

48283169, May 9, 1989

Filed:

May 14, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/050228

Inventors:

Walter Bennett - San Marino CA
Terry F. Horton - Whittier CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

B60J 506

US Classification:

296181

Abstract:

A quick release device for tensioning a vehicle curtain and providing easy access to the load in a curtain-sided vehicle. A main tensioning device, usually installed at a front corner of a curtain-sided vehicle is normally used for applying horizontal tension to the curtain. Vertical tensioning straps along the length of the curtain normally provide vertical tension to the curtain as well as load security. At the rear of the curtain-sided vehicle there is a quick-release device so that the rear of the curtain may be held securely in a locked position and then released without first releasing the main tensioning device at the front of the vehicle and all the vertical tensioning straps.

US Patent:

51763885, Jan 5, 1993

Filed:

Dec 6, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/802900

Inventors:

Terry F. Horton - Whittier CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

B60J 506

US Classification:

296155

Abstract:

A flexible side wall construction for cargo vehicles that can be slidably opened by a sliding cargo door providing access to the cargo area of the vehicle. The flexible side wall may be compactly folded increasing the user's access to the cargo area of the vehicle. A plurality of connected panels of the flexible side wall include a series of primary poles, horizontally spaced along the flexible side wall. These panels further include upper and lower spring loaded intermediate poles affixed within intermediate pockets which are biased to cause the flexible side wall to fold in an orderly, pleated fashion. The pleated arrangement allows a weather sealing pelmet to properly function when the flexible side wall is fully lengthened or in a compacted position.

US Patent:

51118670, May 12, 1992

Filed:

May 23, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/867799

Inventors:

Terry F. Horton - Whittier CA
Steve A. Ross - Montclair CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

A47H 1500

US Classification:

160330

Abstract:

A support roller device for heavy curtains of the type used on curtain-sided cargo carrying vehicles wherein the roller has a pair of spaced wheels for engaging rails of a track member that has a downwardly opened slot between the rails. A guide block with longitudinally spaced flanges of a low friction material is positioned in the track slot and is only slightly narrower than the track slot to guide the device and roller along the track. The guide block is a separate member mounted on a metal hanger from the roller in one embodiment and is formed as an integral part of the hanger in a second embodiment.

US Patent:

52153495, Jun 1, 1993

Filed:

Dec 6, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/804846

Inventors:

Terry F. Horton - Whittier CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

B60J 506

US Classification:

296181

Abstract:

A support system for a flexible side wall for cargo carrying vehicles that allows greater access to the cargo area of the vehicle. A slidable door is attached to the flexible side wall which is supported by vertical support poles and the door and wall can be slid along the vehicle for access to the open side of the cargo vehicle. The slidable door is narrow to maximize the access and is supported by a separate track and roller assembly. The door may be supported by the roller assembly being positioned either at the roof or floor area of the cargo vehicle. The roller assembly has wheels at a predetermined spacing larger than the door width to accommodate any pushing force couple produced by the operator pushing or pulling on the door for opening and closing same. The vertical support poles are aligned by pilot blocks that have an interlocking feature which interconnect with the adjacent pilot blocks and align the flexible sidewall when it is being compacted.

US Patent:

52826635, Feb 1, 1994

Filed:

Jan 10, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/820300

Inventors:

Terry F. Horton - Whittier CA

Assignee:

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - City of Industry CA

International Classification:

B60J 506

US Classification:

296155

Abstract:

A retracting system for flexible side walls utilized for cargo vehicles wherein the flexible side wall is attached at one end to a slidable door used to extend and retract the flexible side wall. This system provides a narrow slidable door connected to a system of pulleys and cables that maintain the slidable door perpendicular to the floor and roof of the vehicle during horizontal movement of the slidable door for closing or opening the open side of a cargo carrying vehicle. The system can incorporate a reversible motor to propel the system and move the slidable door without a pushing or pulling force rom a human operator. The slidable door is suspended from a track at the top edge of the door keeping the slidable door in alignment and decreasing rolling resistance.