Assembly and system for removably locking a pallet to a supporting surface

An assembly structured to removably secure a pallet to a supporting surface, said assembly comprising:

• a) a track assembly including a plurality of elongated tracks fixedly secured to the supporting surface in spaced relation to one another,
• b) a locking assembly removably securable to any of said plurality of tracks and selectively oriented in either a locked position or an unlocked position,
• c) said locked position defined by said locking assembly concurrently disposed in locked engagement with one of said tracks and retaining engagement with the pallet,
• d) a switching assembly operatively associated with said locking assembly and structured to be indicative of said locking assembly being oriented in either of said locked or unlocked positions,
• e) said switching assembly comprising a plurality of switch structures mounted along the length of at least some of said plurality of tracks in spaced apart relation, and
• f) said switching assembly further comprising at least one activating member movably mounted on said locking assembly and disposed into activating relation with at least one of said switch structures when said locking assembly is oriented in said locked position .

A system for securing a plurality of pallets to a supporting surface within a cargo area of an aircraft, said system comprising:

• a) a plurality of elongated tracks fixedly secured to the supporting surface in underlying at least partially supporting relation to the pallets,
• c) a plurality of locking assemblies each removably securable to any one of said plurality of tracks and selectively oriented into an out of a locked positioned;
• d) said locked position of each of said locking assemblies at least partially define;
• by concurrent disposition in locked engagement with one of said plurality of tracks and retaining engagement with at least one pallet,
• e) a switching assembly operatively associated with said plurality of locking assemblies, and
• f) said switching assembly structured to indicate the location of each of said plurality of locking assemblies relative to said plurality of tracks and the orientation thereof into said locked position.