Track slot fastener

Details Track slot fastener Track slot fastener

2008-06-24

2008-06-24

Gordon, Stephen (Department: 3612)

Freight accommodation on freight carrier

Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct

Anchor

C410S104000, C410S106000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07390154

ABSTRACT:
A fastener assembly secures loads to a track in a truck bed and is retainable within a track slot of the track. The fastener assembly may include a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a rotatable handle operating on the retainer, the rotatable handle being rotatable between at least an engagement position and a release position. A pressure applicator is positioned between the track and the rotatable handle, the pressure applicator having a bottom surface for applying a pressure on a top surface of the track in response to the position of the rotatable handle. The pressure applicator includes at least one projection projecting from an interior region of the bottom surface and adapted to engage a positioning scallop of the track.

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