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US 4,072,113 AGranted
Shiftable anchor assembly
OwnerHarold H. Thurstoninventor
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Abstract
A cargo tie down anchor unit which can be attached to automotive vehicles, or the like, featuring a slideable anchoring element which can be retracted into the anchor unit housing wherein the slideable anchoring element is positioned out of sight when not in use.
Claims12
A slideably extendable and retractable anchoring device comprising:
- 1. An housing comprising a rectangular hollow member;
- 2. An elongated anchoring element slideably located within said housing, said anchoring element comprising a hook extending outside of said housing, with an extension on said hook having a closed ended slot located within said extension slideably mounted within said housing;
- and (3) Means to affix the said housing to a desired location, said means comprising a fastening member passing through said housing and said slot in such manner that the fastening member limits the extent of movement of the anchoring element.
A slideably extendable and retractable anchoring device comprising:
- a housing, said housing being open at opposite ends and containing an open channel therethrough, and said housing containing a hole which passes through said housing from front to rear of said housing, the hole also being at right angles to a plane of the channel;
- an anchoring element which will freely slide into and out of the open channel, the said housing to a desired location, said means will cooperate with the hole in said housing so as to affix said housing to the desired location and said means will pass through said closed ended elongated opening in the anchoring element so as to limit distance through which the anchoring element can slide into and out of said housing.
An anchoring device comprising:
- (1) A hollow rectangular housing;
- (2) An elongated rod formed in such manner as to form a closed ended elongated enclosure on one end having an opening therein, and slideably mounted within said housing, and having hook means fastened on the other end at a distance from the enclosure;
- and (3) Means to mount said housing upon a surface, said means comprising a member passing through two sides of the housing and through the opening in the rod means slideable within said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.