# US 10,308,162 B1 · Releasible cargo bed engaging anchor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,162 B1 - Document ID: US10308162B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/897,504 - Filed: 2018-02-15 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-21 - Assignees: Extreme Trailers LLC - Applicants: Extreme Trailers, LLC - Inventors: Leslie A Smith, Jr.; Ryan L Rummell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308162B1 ## CPC - B60P 7/0807: {Attachment points} - B60P 7/0823: {Straps; Tighteners} - B60P 7/0815: {Attachment rails or trellis} - B60P 7/083: {Tensioning by repetetive movement of an actuating member} - B60P 7/0846: {winding up or storing of straps} - B62D 33/02: Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A cargo carrying vehicle (10, 130) includes a load supporting deck (24, 132). Cargo supported on the deck may be secured through releasible engaging anchors (32, 110). The anchor includes a base (34, 112) and a cap (36, 114). The base and cap are relatively rotatable about a pivot (64, 116). The base includes a claw end (40) configured for engaging a ledge projection (58) of a cargo bed (60). The cap includes a post (68, 122) and a cleat (70, 128) which bound a tie engaging recess (104). The cleat (70) also includes an aperture (90) suitable for accepting further ties therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus comprising: a releasible cargo bed engaging anchor, including: a base, wherein the base includes a claw end, a hitch end opposed of the claw end, a shank, wherein the shank extends between the hitch end and the claw end, wherein in transverse cross section, the claw end includes a turned hook portion, wherein the hook portion terminates in a hook end, wherein the hook end is disposed away and separated from a first side surface of the shank, wherein a gap extends intermediate of the hook end and the first side surface, wherein the hook end and the gap are laterally elongated and of generally uniform cross section between a first lateral side and a second lateral side of the claw end, wherein the hook end is configured to engage a ledge projection of a cargo bed, wherein the ledge projection extends in the gap and generally transversely of the shank, wherein the hitch end includes a pivot, wherein the pivot is generally centered relative to the first and second sides of the claw end, includes one of a projection, a pin or an opening in the hitch end of the base, a cap, wherein the cap includes a post, and a cleat, wherein the post includes a first post end and an opposed second post end, wherein the first post end is movably rotatably operatively engaged with the base through the pivot, wherein the cleat is operatively engaged with the post at the second post end, wherein the cleat is laterally elongated relative to the post and includes a pair of face surfaces that extend in generally facing relation toward the base, wherein one face surface of the pair extends on each respective lateral side of the post, wherein the pair of face surfaces and the hitch end of the base bound a recess, wherein the recess extends generally around the post, wherein the recess is configured to enable a tie having a generally U shape to engage the anchor by extending around the post in the recess. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the cleat includes an aperture therethrough, wherein the aperture is configured to engagingly receive a further tie therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the aperture comprises an elongated slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the first post end includes a clevis, wherein the clevis includes a clevis opening, wherein the hitch end extends in the clevis opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the pivot is positioned within the clevis opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the hitch end includes a tongue projection wherein the tongue projection extends outwardly relative to the shank and away from the claw end, wherein the tongue projection extends in the clevis opening and includes the pivot. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the cleat is bounded by opposed cleat lateral sides, wherein the face surfaces are each configured such that each face surface extends closer to the base with increasing proximity to a corresponding respective one of the cleat lateral sides. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein each face surface includes a curved portion, wherein each curved portion extends closer to the base with increasing proximity to a respective one of the cleat lateral sides. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein each curved portion extends closer to the base with increasing proximity to each of the post and a respective one of the cleat lateral sides. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the second post end includes a cutout, and wherein the cleat extends in the cutout. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the hook end extends laterally about six inches between the first and second sides of the claw end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the pivot enables the cap to rotate relative to the base about a first axis, wherein the cap includes a swivel joint, wherein the swivel joint enables the cleat to rotate relative to the base about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the tie includes at least one of a hook, a rope, a chain, a band, a flexible strap, and the further tie includes at least one of a further hook, a further band, a further rope, a further flexible strap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7 and further comprising a trailer including the cargo bed wherein the trailer includes a plurality of ratchet reels, each ratchet reel including a flexible tie operatively attached thereto, wherein each flexible tie is configured to operatively engage the anchor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein each flexible tie includes a respective rigid hook, wherein the rigid hook is configured to engage the aperture of the anchor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the first post end includes a clevis, wherein the clevis includes a clevis opening, wherein the hitch end extends in the clevis opening. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the hitch end includes a tongue projection, wherein the tongue projection extends outwardly relative to the shank and away from the claw end, wherein the tongue projection includes the pivot. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the cleat is bounded by opposed cleat lateral sides, wherein the face surfaces are each configured such that each face surface extends closer to the base with increasing proximity to a corresponding respective one of the cleat lateral sides. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18 wherein each face surface includes a curved portion, wherein each curved portion extends closer to the base with increasing proximity to each of the post and a respective one of the cleat lateral sides. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the second post end includes a cutout, and wherein the cleat extends in the cutout. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the pivot enables the cap to rotate relative to the base about a first axis, wherein the cap includes a swivel joint, wherein the swivel joint enables the cleat to rotate relative to the base about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1 and further comprising a trailer including the cargo bed wherein the trailer includes a plurality of ratchet reels, each ratchet reel including a flexible tie operatively attached thereto, wherein each flexible tie is configured to operatively engage the anchor.