Tie-down winch and anchor assembly

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR TYING DOWN AN ITEM ON A STRUCTURE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, (A) SECURING MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE ITEM, (B) MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY CONNECTING SAID SECURING MEANS TO SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING (1) A GUIDE RAIL MEANS HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED AXIS AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE STRUCTURE, AND (2) ANCHORING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS AND BEING LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLY MOVABLE RELATIVE THERETO AND BEING PIVOTALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE THERETO IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS, (C) SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FIRST REGISTERING MEANS FIXEDLY POSITIONED THEREON, (D) SAID ANCHORING MEANS COMPRISING, (1) A SINGLE ADJUSTING BAR MOVABLY RECEIVED BY SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT AND FOR TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO IN A FIRST AND AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS WHEREBY RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN OTHER THAN SAID LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE PIVOTAL IS INHIBITED, (2) SECOND REGISTERING MEANS CONNECTED TO AND UNITARILY MOVABLE WITH SAID ADJUSTABLE BAR AND REGISTERABLE WITH SAID FIRST REGISTERING MEANS UPON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ADJUSTING BAR IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION FOR LOCKING SAID BAR AGAINST LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID GUIDE RAIL MEANS AND BEING DISPLACED FROM REGISTRATION WITH SAID FIRST REGISTERING MEANS UPON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ADJUSTING BAR IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION, (3) WINCH MEANS CARRIED BY SAID ANCHOR MEANS AND ATTACHED TO SAID SECURING MEANS, AND (E) MEANS ADJUSTABLY AND SUPPORTINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID ANCHORING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN SAID REGISTERING MEANS IN REGISTRATION, (F) WHEREBY WITH SAID REGISTERING MEANS IN REGISTRATION AND SAID SUPPORTING MEANS MAINTAINING SUCH REGISTRATION SAID ANCHORING MEANS AND GUIDE RAIL MEANS ARE INHIBITED FROM MOVING LONGITUDINALLY RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER.