Track slot fastener
AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
InventorsDarren Womack, William G. Bowes
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Abstract
A fastener assembly secures loads to a track in a truck bed and is retainable within a track slot of the track. The fastener assembly may include a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a rotatable handle operating on the retainer, the rotatable handle being rotatable between at least an engagement position and a release position. A pressure applicator is positioned between the track and the rotatable handle, the pressure applicator having a bottom surface for applying a pressure on a top surface of the track in response to the position of the rotatable handle. The pressure applicator includes at least one projection projecting from an interior region of the bottom surface and adapted to engage a positioning scallop of the track.
Claims13
A fastener assembly for securing loads to a track, the fastener assembly being retainable within a track slot of the track, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within the track slot;
- a rotatable handle operating on the retainer via a shaft, the rotatable handle being rotatable between at least an engagement position and a release position;
- a pressure applicator positionable between the track and the rotatable handle, the pressure applicator having a bottom surface configured to apply a pressure on a top surface of the track in response to positioning of the rotatable handle, the pressure applicator having opposing first and second ends defining a longitudinal direction of the pressure applicator;
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- at least first and second slot guides projecting from the bottom surface and adapted to orient the pressure applicator on the track, the first slot guide having a first slot guide surface on a first side of the pressure applicator and a second slot guide surface on a second side of the pressure applicator, the second slot guide having a first slot guide surface on the first side of the pressure applicator and a second slot guide surface on the second side of the pressure applicator,
- the first slot guide surface of the first slot guide and the first slot guide surface of the second slot guide being generally aligned along the longitudinal direction of the pressure applicator, and the second slot guide surface of the first slot guide and the second slot guide surface of the second slot guide being generally aligned along the longitudinal direction of the pressure applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.