Adjustable cable locking mechanism for truck doors

Abstract

A tie-down assembly to hold cargo box doors in an open position includes a pair of clamping blocks, each having a pair of passages extending therethrough in adjacent fashion. A wire rope includes a first end that is extended through a first passage of one block and thence into the adjacent opening of the second passage of the same block, so that it forms a wire rope loop at one end of each block. At the other end of the block the wire rope extends to the other clamping block and is received in the first passage of the other block, thence forming a loop and extending into the adjacent opening of the second passage of the other block. A thumbscrew is arranged to releasably engage the wire rope extending through the first passage, whereby the wire rope may be removed from the first passage, or slidably moved in the first passage to adjust the size of the wire loop. The wire rope is fixedly secured in the second passage of each clamping block. One wire loop is releasably secured about a structural feature of a cargo box door, and the other wire loop is releasably secured to a structural feature of the cargo box itself, whereby the cargo door may be held temporarily in an open position adjacent to the rear portion of a sidewall of the cargo box.

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