Lockable cargo retaining apparatus

A lockable cargo retaining apparatus comprising:

• a carrier rail;
• a carriage;
• a locking mechanism;
• at least one load-securing element;
• the carrier rail and the carriage each extending between a fore end and a rear end;
• the carriage being slidably mounted onto the carrier rail between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail;
• the at least one load-securing element being mounted onto the carriage;
• the locking mechanism being releasably engaged between the carriage and the carrier rail, wherein the carriage is selectably attached along the carrier rail between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail through the locking mechanism;
• the carrier rail further comprising a main bar, a claw mount, and a plurality of locking formations;
• the main bar extending between the fore end and the rear end or the carrier rail;
• the claw mount extending perpendicular from the main bar proximal to the fore end of the carrier rail;
• the plurality of locking formations being distributed along the main bar between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail;
• and
• the locking mechanism being selectably engaged with one of the plurality of locking formations.

A lockable cargo retaining apparatus comprising:

• a carrier rail;
• a carriage;
• a locking mechanism;
• at least one load-securing element;
• the carrier rail and the carriage each extending between a fore end and a rear end;
• the carriage being slidably mounted onto the carrier rail between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail;
• the at least one load-securing element being mounted onto the carriage;
• the locking mechanism being releasably engaged between the carriage and the carrier rail, wherein the carriage is selectably attached along the carrier rail between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail through the locking mechanism;
• the carrier rail further comprising a main bar, a claw mount, and a plurality of locking formations;
• the main bar extending between the fore end and the rear end or the carrier rail;
• the claw mount extending perpendicular from the main bar proximal to the fore end of the carrier rail;
• the plurality of locking formations being distributed along the main bar between the fore end and the rear end of the carrier rail;
• the locking mechanism being selectably engaged with one of the plurality of locking formations;
• the carriage further comprising a horizontal panel, a vertical panel, a bearing channel, and at least one support strut;
• the bearing channel traversing the horizontal panel between the fore end and the rear end of the carriage;
• the carrier rail being slidably positioned into the bearing channel;
• the vertical panel being mounted to the horizontal panel adjacent to the fore end of the carriage;
• the at least one support strut being connected between the horizontal panel and the vertical panel;
• the locking mechanism further comprising a locking pin, an operating handle, a lock plate, a cam guide, a lock groove, a spring member, and a spring perch;
• the lock plate being mounted to a vertical panel of the carriage;
• the cam guide extending along the lock plate;
• the lock groove being terminally conjoined to the cam guide;
• the operating handle being terminally and angularly mounted to the locking pin;
• the operating handle being positioned into the cam guide;
• the spring perch being mounted onto the locking pin between the carriage and the operating handle, wherein the spring member biases the operating handle into the lock groove;
• the spring member being connected between the spring perch and the carriage;
• and
• the locking pin extending through the carriage and being selectably engaged along the carrier rail.