Load holding devices

Claim 1

IN A LOAD-SECURING DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, AN ANCHOR RAIL PROVIDING LATERALLY AND MUTUALLY PARALLEL SPACED RIB PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM A FLAT BASE PORTION ADAPTED FOR ITS USE IN MOUNTING THE RAIL IN FIXED POSITION ON A BOUNDING WALL OF A CARGO-RECEIVING ZONE, A BAIL MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE RAIL BASE PORTION AND BETWEEN SAID RIB PORTIONS THEREOF AND PROVIDING A D-SHAPED TIELOOP PORTION HAVING ITS SIDES EXTENDING FROM OPPOSED TRUNNION PORTONS HAVING ITS SIDES EXTENDING FROM OPPOSED THE LOOP OF A FLEXIBLE CARGO-LASHING MEMBRE, AND A BAILSECURING MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE RAIL BASE PORTION BETWEEN THE RIB PORTIONS THEREOF AND COOPERATIVE WITH THE MOUNTING RAIL BASE PORTION TO FIXEDLY JOURNAL SAID TURNNION PORTIONS OF THE LOOP-PROVIDING MEMBER FOR A DISPOSAL OF THE TIE LOOP IN LIMITING EXTENDING USE AND WITHDRAWN NON-USE RELATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RIB PORTIONS OF THE RAIL BY REASON OF THE COOPERATIVE RESILIENT ENGAGEMENT OF THE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE BAIL MEMBER ADJACENT THE TRUNNIONS THEREOF WITH THE OPPOSED SIDES OF THE RIB PORTIONS OF THE RAIL AS A DETENT MEANS TO RELEASABLY SECURE THE MOUNTED ANCHOR MEMBER IN SAID LIMITING POSITIONS THEREOF.