Mounting and latching arrangements for securing carts
AssigneeCannon Equipment LLC
InventorsKeith Edward Jackson, Clemance Bernard Finstad
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Abstract
A mounting and latching arrangement is provided for locking and unlocking a cart relative to a support structure. The mounting and latching arrangement includes an elongated mounting channel having opposed ends configured with mounting bracket assemblies adapted to be secured to the support surface, and one of engagement structure and latching structure located between the mounting bracket assemblies and configured for selective engagement and disengagement with the cart for enabling locking and unlocking thereof relative to the elongated mounting channel.
Claims16
A mounting and latching arrangement for locking and unlocking a cart relative to a support surface, the mounting and latching arrangement comprising:
- an elongated mounting channel having opposed ends configured with mounting bracket assemblies adapted to be secured to the support surface, and one of engagement structure and latching structure located between the mounting bracket assemblies and configured for selective engagement and disengagement with the cart for enabling locking and unlocking thereof relative to the elongated mounting channel;
- wherein each of the mounting bracket assemblies has a projection which is engageable with a wall structure forming a slot in an E-track connector adapted to be secured to the support structure.
A mounting and latching arrangement for locking and unlocking a cart relative to a support surface, the cart having at least a base frame and a pair of opposed side members mounted on the base frame, the mounting and latching arrangement comprising:
- at least one pair of spaced apart elongated vertical mounting channels, each vertical mounting channel having opposed ends provided with mounting bracket assemblies adapted to be attached to the support surface, each vertical mounting channel further including a lead-in guide element configured for guiding engagement with one of the side members of the cart and a slam latch bracket configuration provided with striker structure;
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- a latch assembly provided on each of the side members of the cart and configured for selective engagement with and disengagement from the striker structure on one of the vertical mounting channels, the latch assembly being operatively connected with a release arrangement,
- wherein movement of the cart towards and between the vertical mounting channels causes guiding engagement of the side members of the cart with the lead-in guide elements and locking engagement between the latch assemblies on the side members and the striker structure on each of the vertical mounting channels to secure the cart relative to the vertical mounting channels, and actuation of the release arrangement on the side members enables unlocking disengagement between the latch assemblies and the striker structure to free the cart from the vertical mounting channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.