Removable safety chain tie down apparatus
AssigneeHorizon Global Americas Inc.
InventorRichard W. McCoy
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Abstract
A tie down apparatus that may be utilized for securing an item, such as a safety chain, wherein the tie down apparatus may be used with a hitch mounting system. In one embodiment, the tie down apparatus may include a receiving member, a tie down member, and a clocking member. The receiving member may include an opening located there through. The tie down member may include at least one aperture, wherein the tie down member may be capable of being located and rotated within the receiving member. The tie down member may be rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise. The locking member may include at least one leg capable of being housed within the aperture. The locking member may engage the receiving member once the tie down member is rotated, thereby trapping the item within the tie down apparatus.
Claims20
A hitch mounting system comprising:
- at least one rail configured to be attached to a vehicle frame;
- a receiving member secured to the at least one rail;
- a tie down apparatus comprising:
- a body member;
- a post extending from the body member, the post configured to be positioned within the receiving member;
- a handle extending from the body member;
- and
- a locking member engaged with the body member and being moveable relative to the body member between engaged and unengaged positions, wherein the locking member in the engaged position prevents rotation of the body member from a second rotational position to a first rotational position.
A hitch mounting system comprising:
- at least one rail configured to be attached to a vehicle frame;
- a receiving member secured to the at least one rail;
- a tie down apparatus comprising:
- a body member configured to be inserted into the receiving member;
- and
- a locking member engaged with the body member, wherein being the locking member is moveable relative to the body member between engaged and unengaged positions, wherein the locking member in the engaged position prevents rotation of the body member from a second rotational position to a first rotational position.
A tie down apparatus comprising:
- a body member rotatable within a receiving member of a hitch mounting system;
- a post extending from the body member;
- the post having a generally T-shaped portion configured to engage the receiving member of the hitch mounting system;
- a handle extending from the body member, the handle configured to accept a safety chain;
- and
- a locking member engaged with the body member and being moveable relative to the body member between engaged and unengaged positions, wherein the locking member in the engaged position prevents rotation of the body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.