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IN A HOLDDOWN DEVICE INCLUDING A BASE, MAGNETIC MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID BASE FOR RELEASABLY MAINTAINING SAID BASE ON A METAL SURFACE AND A PLURALITY OF HOLDDOWN CORDS, EACH OF SAID CORDS HAVING A HOOK FOR SECURING A CONTAINER ON SAID BASE; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID HOLDDOWN CORDS FOR RELEASABLY APPLYING TENSION TO SAID ASSOCIATED HOLDDOWN CORD TO MAINTAIN SAID CONTAINER SECURELY ON SAID BASE, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A U-SHAPED BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID BASE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED UPSTANDING LEGS, A DRUM ROTATABLY JOURNALED BETWEEN SAID LEGS, A COILED SPRING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRUM AND TO SAID BRACKET TENDING TO ROTATE SAID DRUM IN A FIRST DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID ASSOCIATED HOLDDOWN CORD WILL BE WOUND ABOUT SAID DRUM, A RATCHET WHEEL MOUNTED ON SAID DRUM FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A BELL CRANK HAVING A FIRST LEG COMPRISING A DETENT FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RATCHET WHEEL AND A SECOND LEG, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID BELL CRANK ON SAID BRACKET TO PIVOT FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID DETENT ENGAGES SAID RATCHET WHEEL TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID DRUM IN A SECOND DIRECTION OPPOSED TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID DETENT IS DISENGAGED FROM SAID RATCHET WHEEL, A HOUSING ON SAID BRACKET, SPRING MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING TO APPLY A FORCE TO SAID SECOND LEG OD SAID BELL CRANK TO MAINTAIN SAID DETENT IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND MEANS MOUNTED