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Cargo tie-down apparatus

Assignee: National Castings Co
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Filing: 1961-10-23
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Granted: 1964-07-14
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Expires: 1981-10-23
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kozak Edward
  • 👤 Alan R Stevens

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 09:09
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60P; B60P7/00; B60P7/06; B60P7/13; B60P7/132; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/08; Y10T292/0863

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 286 words
IN COMBINATION: A LOWER CORNER MEMBER FOR A CARGO CONTAINER COMPRISING WALLS DEFINING AN UNDERSURFACE AND A RECESS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSING WALLS HAVING APERTURES DISPOSED ALONG A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RECESS, ONE OF SAID APERTURES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AS A SLOT IN ONE OF SAID WALLS TO DIVIDE ITS LOWER EXTREMITY, THE OTHER APERTURE HAVING A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERY; AN ANCHOR MEMBER HAVING A BASE AND A STUD PROJECTING ABOVE THE BASE ADAPTED FOR EXTENSION INTO SAID RECESS WITH THE BASE ENGAGING SAID UNDERSURFACE; THE STUD HAVING A KEYWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH ALONG AN AXIS AND, WHEN POSITIONED IN THE CONTAINER MEMBER, COINCIDING GENERALLY WITH SAID AXIS OF THE MEMBER; SAID KEYWAY BEING ECCENTRICALLY ENLARGED TO DEFINE A RADIALLY OFFSET REGION ALONG AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF ITS LENGTH, AND A GROOVE EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE KEYWAY FROM SAID REGION TO THE TERMINUS OF THE KEYWAY AT ONE SIDE OF THE STUD; THE ANGULAR EXTENT OF THE GROOVE ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE KEYWAY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF SAID REGION; A KEY COMPRISING A HANDLE AND A PIN CONNECTED IN END-TO-END PIVOTAL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LENGTH OF THE PIN; THE PIN HAVING A LATERALLY PROJECTING LUG TRAVERSABLE THROUGH SAID GROOVE AND WHEN DISPOSED WITH THE LUG IN SAID REGION HAVING ITS END PORTION PROTRUDING INTO SAID CORNER MEMBER APERTURE OF CONTINUOUS PERIPHERY; SAID KEY BEING MOVABLE TO TRAVERSE THE LUG LENGTHWISE OF THE KEYWAY TOWARD SAID ONE SIDE OF THE STUD TO RETRACT SAID PROTRUDING PIN PORTION WITHIN THE STUD; SAID HANDLE, WITH SAID LUG POSITIONED IN SAID OFFSET REGION, FOLDING RELATIVELY TO THE PIN INTO SAID SLOT AND A RECESSED PORTION OF SAID BASE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 286 words
IN COMBINATION: A LOWER CORNER MEMBER FOR A CARGO CONTAINER COMPRISING WALLS DEFINING AN UNDERSURFACE AND A RECESS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSING WALLS HAVING APERTURES DISPOSED ALONG A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RECESS, ONE OF SAID APERTURES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AS A SLOT IN ONE OF SAID WALLS TO DIVIDE ITS LOWER EXTREMITY, THE OTHER APERTURE HAVING A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERY; AN ANCHOR MEMBER HAVING A BASE AND A STUD PROJECTING ABOVE THE BASE ADAPTED FOR EXTENSION INTO SAID RECESS WITH THE BASE ENGAGING SAID UNDERSURFACE; THE STUD HAVING A KEYWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH ALONG AN AXIS AND, WHEN POSITIONED IN THE CONTAINER MEMBER, COINCIDING GENERALLY WITH SAID AXIS OF THE MEMBER; SAID KEYWAY BEING ECCENTRICALLY ENLARGED TO DEFINE A RADIALLY OFFSET REGION ALONG AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF ITS LENGTH, AND A GROOVE EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE KEYWAY FROM SAID REGION TO THE TERMINUS OF THE KEYWAY AT ONE SIDE OF THE STUD; THE ANGULAR EXTENT OF THE GROOVE ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE KEYWAY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF SAID REGION; A KEY COMPRISING A HANDLE AND A PIN CONNECTED IN END-TO-END PIVOTAL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LENGTH OF THE PIN; THE PIN HAVING A LATERALLY PROJECTING LUG TRAVERSABLE THROUGH SAID GROOVE AND WHEN DISPOSED WITH THE LUG IN SAID REGION HAVING ITS END PORTION PROTRUDING INTO SAID CORNER MEMBER APERTURE OF CONTINUOUS PERIPHERY; SAID KEY BEING MOVABLE TO TRAVERSE THE LUG LENGTHWISE OF THE KEYWAY TOWARD SAID ONE SIDE OF THE STUD TO RETRACT SAID PROTRUDING PIN PORTION WITHIN THE STUD; SAID HANDLE, WITH SAID LUG POSITIONED IN SAID OFFSET REGION, FOLDING RELATIVELY TO THE PIN INTO SAID SLOT AND A RECESSED PORTION OF SAID BASE.

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