# US 12,759,705 B2 · Extending cargo restraint assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,705 B2 - Document ID: US12759705B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/467,099 - Filed: 2023-09-14 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-14 - Assignees: Goodrich Corporation - Applicants: Goodrich Corporation - Inventors: Zachary Meyer; Jacob Leroy Limke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759705B2 ## CPC - B64D 9/003: {Devices for retaining pallets or freight containers} - B60P 7/13: Securing freight containers or forwarding containers on vehicles - B61D 45/007: {Fixing containers (vehicles for transporting containers B61D3/20)} - B64F 1/32: for handling freight - B63B 2025/285: {Means for securing deck containers against unwanted movements} - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - 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) - B61D: BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F) - B64F: GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## Abstract An extending cargo restraint assembly for a cargo handling system mobile is provided. The extending cargo restraint assembly includes a base assembly, The base assembly includes a primary plunger and a secondary plunger. Responsive to be activated, the primary plunger is configured to extend in a first direction into an opening within a modular container thereby restraining the modular container in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. Responsive to being activated, the secondary plunger is configured to extend in the second direction within the opening of the modular container thereby further restraining the modular container in the second direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An extending cargo restraint assembly for a cargo handling system, comprising: a base assembly comprising: a primary plunger; and a secondary plunger, wherein the secondary plunger is positioned within an internal chamber of the primary plunger, wherein, responsive to being activated, the primary plunger is configured to extend in a first direction into an opening within a modular container thereby restraining the modular container in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein, responsive to being activated, the secondary plunger is configured to extend in the second direction within the opening of the modular container thereby further restraining the modular container in the second direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The extending cargo restraint assembly of claim 1, wherein the base assembly further comprises: an actuation lever, wherein the actuation lever is coupled to the base assembly via a coupling pin and is configured to rotate about an axis through a longitudinal center of the coupling pin and wherein the actuation lever is further coupled to the primary plunger and the secondary plunger. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The extending cargo restraint assembly of claim 2, wherein the actuation lever comprises: a linkage connector end, wherein the linkage connector end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the primary plunger via a set of intermediate linkages and wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, the linkage connector end moves substantially in the first direction thereby forcing the set of intermediate linkages to move substantially in the first direction extending the primary plunger in the first direction into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The extending cargo restraint assembly of claim 3, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between the linkage connector end and the set of intermediate linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a coupling of the set of intermediate linkages to the primary plunger and the coupling pin thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the primary plunger at an outermost extension in the first direction from the base assembly into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The extending cargo restraint assembly of claim 2, wherein the actuation lever comprises: an activation end, wherein the activation end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the secondary plunger via a first set of secondary plunger linkages, a secondary plunger rod, and a second set of secondary plunger linkages, wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, a first end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in a downward direction thereby forcing a second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the secondary plunger rod is configured to move in the first direction thereby forcing a first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in the second direction thereby forcing the secondary plunger to extend outwardly from the primary plunger in the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The extending cargo restraint assembly of claim 5, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between a distal end of the secondary plunger rod and the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a middle of the secondary plunger in the first direction and a coupling of the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to the secondary plunger thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the secondary plunger at an outermost extension in the second direction from the primary plunger within the opening of the modular container. ### Claim 7 A cargo handling system, comprising: a plurality of extending cargo restraint assemblies, each extending cargo restraint assembly of the plurality of extending cargo restraint assemblies comprising: a base assembly comprising: a primary plunger; and a secondary plunger, wherein the secondary plunger is positioned within an internal chamber of the primary plunger, wherein, responsive to being activated, the primary plunger is configured to extend in a first direction into an opening within a modular container thereby restraining the modular container in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein, responsive to being activated, the secondary plunger is configured to extend in the second direction within the opening of the modular container thereby further restraining the modular container in the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cargo handling system of claim 7, wherein the base assembly further comprises: an actuation lever, wherein the actuation lever is coupled to the base assembly via a coupling pin and is configured to rotate about an axis through a longitudinal center of the coupling pin and wherein the actuation lever is further coupled to the primary plunger and the secondary plunger. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cargo handling system of claim 8, wherein the actuation lever comprises: a linkage connector end, wherein the linkage connector end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the primary plunger via a set of intermediate linkages and wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, the linkage connector end moves substantially in the first direction thereby forcing the set of intermediate linkages to move substantially in the first direction extending the primary plunger in the first direction into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cargo handling system of claim 9, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between the linkage connector end and the set of intermediate linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a coupling of the set of intermediate linkages to the primary plunger and the coupling pin thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the primary plunger at an outermost extension in the first direction from the base assembly into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The cargo handling system of claim 8, wherein the actuation lever comprises: an activation end, wherein the activation end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the secondary plunger via a first set of secondary plunger linkages, a secondary plunger rod, and a second set of secondary plunger linkages, wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, a first end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in a downward direction thereby forcing a second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the secondary plunger rod is configured to move in the first direction thereby forcing a first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in the second direction thereby forcing the secondary plunger to extend outwardly from the primary plunger in the second direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cargo handling system of claim 11, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between a distal end of the secondary plunger rod and the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a middle of the secondary plunger in the first direction and a coupling of the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to the secondary plunger thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the secondary plunger at an outermost extension in the second direction from the primary plunger within the opening of the modular container. ### Claim 13 An aircraft, comprising: a cargo deck; and a cargo handling system disposed on the cargo deck, the cargo handling system comprising: a plurality of extending cargo restraint assemblies, each extending cargo restraint assembly of the plurality of extending cargo restraint assemblies comprising: a base assembly comprising: a primary plunger; and a secondary plunger, wherein the secondary plunger is positioned within an internal chamber of the primary plunger, wherein, responsive to being activated, the primary plunger is configured to extend in a first direction into an opening within a modular container thereby restraining the modular container in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein, responsive to being activated, the secondary plunger is configured to extend in the second direction within the opening of the modular container thereby further restraining the modular container in the second direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The aircraft of claim 13, wherein the base assembly further comprises: an actuation lever, wherein the actuation lever is coupled to the base assembly via a coupling pin and is configured to rotate about an axis through a longitudinal center of the coupling pin and wherein the actuation lever is further coupled to the primary plunger and the secondary plunger. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The aircraft of claim 14, wherein the actuation lever comprises: a linkage connector end, wherein the linkage connector end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the primary plunger via a set of intermediate linkages and wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, the linkage connector end moves substantially in the first direction thereby forcing the set of intermediate linkages to move substantially in the first direction extending the primary plunger in the first direction into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The aircraft of claim 15, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between the linkage connector end and the set of intermediate linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a coupling of the set of intermediate linkages to the primary plunger and the coupling pin thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the primary plunger at an outermost extension in the first direction from the base assembly into the opening within the modular container. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The aircraft of claim 14, wherein the actuation lever comprises: an activation end, wherein the activation end is mechanically and rotatably coupled to the secondary plunger via a first set of secondary plunger linkages, a secondary plunger rod, and a second set of secondary plunger linkages, wherein, responsive to the actuation lever being depressed in a vertical direction, a first end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in a downward direction thereby forcing a second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the second end of the first set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the secondary plunger rod is configured to move in the first direction thereby forcing a first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to move in the first direction, wherein, responsive to the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages moving in the first direction, the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move in the second direction thereby forcing the secondary plunger to extend outwardly from the primary plunger in the second direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The aircraft of claim 17, wherein a mechanical and rotatable coupling between a distal end of the secondary plunger rod and the first end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages is configured to move over a center line established between a middle of the secondary plunger in the first direction and a coupling of the second end of the second set of secondary plunger linkages to the secondary plunger thereby providing an over-center locking mechanism that locks the secondary plunger at an outermost extension in the second direction from the primary plunger within the opening of the modular container.