Safety chain tie-down inserts

A tie-down apparatus removably securable within a slot formed in a slotted receiver of a hitch mount for a truck bed, the slotted receiver including at least one inwardly projecting shoulder extending adjacent the slot and over a receiver pocket;

• the tie-down apparatus comprising:
• a pedestal including a pedestal body having a bore extending therethrough along an axis of rotation and at least one leg depending from the pedestal body, the at least one leg formed along a portion of a circumference of the bore and having a leg-width that extends transverse to the axis of rotation and that is narrower than a width of the slot of the slotted receiver of the hitch mount, engagement of the leg with the slot resisting rotational movement of the pedestal relative to the slotted receiver;
• a connector including a base, a bail extending upward from the base and a latching member extending downward from the base, the latching member having a neck and an enlarged head including at least one flange projecting radially outward from the neck and which is narrower than the width of the slot of the slotted receiver and the enlarged head having a longitudinal length that is longer than the width of the slot, the connector rotatably mounted to the pedestal with the latching member extending through the bore in the pedestal and rotatable about the axis of rotation between an unlatched orientation and a latched orientation, in the unlatched orientation a longitudinal length of the enlarged head extends transverse to the leg-width of the at least one leg such that the at least one leg and the enlarged head of the latching member are insertable widthwise into the slot of the slotted receiver, and in the latched orientation at least a portion of the at least one flange extends under the at least one inwardly projecting shoulder.

A tie-down apparatus removably securable within a slot formed in a slotted receiver of a hitch mount for a truck bed, the slotted receiver including first and second inwardly projecting shoulders extending over a receiver pocket on opposite sides of the slot;

• the tie-down apparatus comprising:
• a pedestal including a pedestal body forming a bore extending therethrough along a first axis and first and second legs depending from said pedestal body on opposite sides of said bore, the first and second legs each having a leg-width that is narrower than a width of the slot of the slotted receiver of the hitch mount;
• a connector including a base, a bail extending upward from the base and a latching member extending downward from the base, the latching member having a neck and a head including first and second flanges projecting radially outward from the neck in opposite directions, the head being narrower than the width of the slot of the slotted receiver and the head being longer than the width of the slot, the connector rotatably mounted to the pedestal with the latching member extending through the bore in the pedestal and rotatable about the first axis between an unlatched orientation and a latched orientation, in the unlatched orientation a longitudinal length of the head extends transversely to the leg-widths of the first and second legs such that the first and second flanges extend axially below the first and second legs such that the first and second legs and the head of the latching member are insertable widthwise into the slot of the slotted receiver and in the latched orientation at least a portion of each of the first and second flanges extends under the first and second inwardly projecting shoulders respectively of the slotted receiver, and in the latched orientation the first and second legs preventing rotational movement of the pedestal about the first axis relative to the slotted receiver.