Apparatus for retaining a load in a vehicle

Apparatus for retaining a load in a vehicle, comprising:

• load engaging means movable in first and second directions and biased in said first direction, said load engaging means fixable in at least first and second positions, said load engaging means in said first position being arranged to receive said load and said load engaging means in said second position being arranged to retain said load;
• movement limiting means for said load engaging means;
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• first contact means to contact said movement limiting means, wherein said load engaging means is movable between said first and second positions and said contact means contacts said movement limiting means such that said load engaging means is fixable in said first and second positions;
• wherein said load engaging means is movable from said first position to said second position in said second direction, and from said second position to a third position in said second direction past said second position in said second direction so as to disengage said load engaging means from said second position and then from said third position to said first position in said first direction, and said movement limiting means comprises first and second movement limiting means such that in said first position of said load engaging means, said first contact means contacts said first movement limiting means which prevents further movement of said load engaging means under said bias in said first direction to fix said load engaging means in said first position, and in said second position of said load engaging means, said first contact means contacts said second movement limiting means which prevents further movement of said load engaging means under said bias in said first direction to fix said load engaging means in said second position, and wherein said second movement limiting means is biased in a third direction, and second contact means is provided to be contacted by said first contact means when said load engaging means moves from said second position to said third position to move said second movement limiting means against said bias of said second movement limiting means in a fourth direction.

Apparatus for retaining a load in a vehicle, comprising:

• load engaging means movable in first and second directions and biased in said first direction, said load engaging means fixable in at least first and second positions, said load engaging means in said first position being arranged to receive said load and said load engaging means in said second position being arranged to retain said load;
• movement limiting means for said load engaging means;
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• first contact means to contact said movement limiting means, wherein said load engaging means is movable between said first and second positions and said contact means contacts said movement limiting means such that said load engaging means is fixable in said first and second positions;
• wherein said movement limiting means comprises first and second movement limiting means such that in said first position of said load engaging means, said first contact means contacts said first movement limiting means which prevents further movement of said load engaging means under said bias in said first direction to fix said load engaging means in said first position, and in said second position of said load engaging means, said first contact means contacts said second movement limiting means which prevents further movement of said load engaging means under said bias in said first direction to fix said load engaging means in said second position, and said load engaging means and said first contact means are fixedly mounted on first pin means such that they rotate with said first pin means, and said second movement limiting means is fixedly mounted on second pin means such that it rotates with said second pin means;
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• wherein said first and second pin means are rotatably held by bracket means and said first movement limiting means is movable in a slot-like aperture in said bracket means.