Load-bar assembly having actuatable latch assembly
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorRon Reid
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a load-bar assembly configured to latchably selectively extend between spaced-apart opposed walls once the load-bar assembly is positioned to do just so. The apparatus also includes a latch actuator configured to actuatably urge latchable operation of the load-bar assembly from a latch-extended position, in which the load-bar assembly is inadvertently jammed, to a latch-retracted position, in which the latch assembly becomes unjammed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a load-bar assembly being configured to latchably selectively extend between spaced-apart opposed walls once the load-bar assembly is positioned to do just so;
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- a latch actuator being configured to actuatably urge latchable operation of the load-bar assembly from a latch-extended position, in which the load-bar assembly is inadvertently jammed, to a latch-retracted position, in which the latch assembly becomes unjammed.
An apparatus for a vehicle having spaced-apart opposed walls of a cargo-holding zone, the apparatus comprising:
- a load-bar assembly being configured to extend between the spaced-apart opposed walls once the load-bar assembly is positioned to do just so, and the load-bar assembly having a latch assembly being configured to selectively latch with a respective instance of the spaced-apart opposed walls once the latch assembly is positioned to do just so;
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- a latch actuator being fixedly mounted to the load-bar assembly, and being configured to actuatably urge the latch assembly to selectively move from a latch-extended position, in which the latch assembly is inadvertently jammed with the spaced-apart opposed walls, to a latch-retracted position, in which the latch assembly becomes unjammed from the spaced-apart opposed walls so that the load-bar assembly is removable from the spaced-apart opposed walls once the latch assembly is unjammed.
An apparatus for a vehicle having opposed wall brackets facing each other and being mounted to spaced-apart opposed walls of a cargo-holding zone of the vehicle, and the opposed wall brackets defining instances of a track groove, the apparatus comprising:
- a load-bar assembly being configured to extend between the opposed wall brackets, the load-bar assembly having a first end and also having a second end being spaced apart from the first end, and each of the first end and the second end facing a respective instance of the opposed wall brackets once the load-bar assembly is positioned to do just so;
- a latch assembly being configured to:
- (A) operatively mount at any one of the first end and the second end of the load-bar assembly;
- (B) biasedly move along a longitudinal axis of the load-bar assembly toward an instance of the opposed wall brackets once the latch assembly is positioned to do just so;
- and (C) securely latch with the instance of the opposed wall brackets once the latch assembly is positioned to do just so;
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- a latch actuator configured to:
- (A) operatively mount the load-bar assembly;
- and (B) actuatably urge the latch assembly to selectively move from a latch-extended position to a latch-retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.