Freight bracing apparatus

Claim 1

AN END FITTING FOR SECURING A FREIGHT BRACING CROSSBAR TO A SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED PAIRS OF APERTURES THEREIN COMPRISING A PAIR OF LOCATING PROJECTIONS ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO EACH APERTURE OF ONE OF THE PAIRS, AND LOCKING MEANS COMPRISING JAW MEMBERS SUPPORTED BY SAID END FITTING FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT FROM A DISENGAGED TO AN ENGAGED POSITION FOR FIXING SAID END FITTING WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH OF SAID JAW MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO ONE OF THE APERTURES OF THE ONE PAIR AND HAVING A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING BEHIND THE SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER WHEN SAID JAW MEMBERS ARE IN THEIR ENGAGED POSITION FOR PRECLUDING DETACHMENT OF SAID END FITTING FROM THE SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH OF THE LOCATING PROJECTIONS HAVING A SURFACE THEREOF EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANES OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID JAW MEMBERS, SAID SURFACES BEING LATERALLY DISPLACED FROM THE RESPECTIVE SAID JAW MEMBERS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE ADJACENT SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER TO LIMIT LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE END FITTING WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID ENGAGEMENT BEING EFFECTIVE TO PROTECT SAID JAW MEMBERS FROM DAMAGE UPON SAID LATERAL MOVEMENT, SAID LOCATING PROJECTIONS BEING FORMED TO ALLOW PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID JAW MEMBERS BETWEEN THEIR ENGAGED AND DISENGAGED POSITIONS.