Container lash systems

Claim 1

A container lashing system for fastening shipboard containers comprising a rigid elongated lashing bar having at least one generally ball shaped end and at least one securing fitting having a corresponding generally ball shaped socket provided with a keyhole shaped opening admitting said ball shaped end and adjacent portion of the lashing bar into said socket for securing said end in the socket, wherein both ends of said lashing bar are provided with generally ball shaped ends, one of said ball shaped ends fitting in a ball socket in a container corner casting and the other fitting in a ball socket on the end of a turnbuckle adapted to be fixed to a ship member and wherein the corner casting has a pair of sockets and keyhole slots, said slots extending at about 45° to one another, a first lashing bar having one end fitted in one of said sockets and extending generally vertically downwardly to a turnbuckle adapted to be fitted to a ship member and a second lashing bar having one end fitted in the other of said sockets and extending diagonally downwardly to a second turnbuckle adapted to be fixed to a ship member.