Cargo restraint tie down
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsSamantha Jo Krostue, Peter William Barfknecht, Justin Daniel Williams
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Abstract
A tie down for securing objects in an aircraft having a roller tray can comprise a tie-fitting, a carriage, and protruding elements. A carriage can include at least one side wall with protruding elements extending from the side wall of a carriage to cooperate with a roller tray. The protruding elements removably secure the tie down to a selected location along the roller tray. A restraint extending from an object can be removably secured to a tie down. The tie down being vertically insertable and removable by hand operation and without the use if tools or mechanical fasteners.
Claims26
A tie down for securing objects in an aircraft having a roller tray, the tie down comprising:
- a carriage having at least one side wall;
- a fitting on the carriage for removably securing a restraint to the carriage, the fitting comprising a track and at least two spaced apart fitting openings formed in an upper surface of the track, the fitting openings being connected to one another by a gap defined in the upper surface by retaining tabs;
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- at least one protruding element movable between:
- an extended position in which the at least one protruding element protrudes from said at least one side wall and engages the roller tray so as to secure the carriage to a selected location along the roller tray;
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- a retracted position in which the at least one protruding element no longer engages the roller tray, thereby allowing the carriage to be removed from the roller tray.
A tie down for securing objects in an aircraft having a roller tray, the tie down comprising:
- a carriage having at least one side wall;
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- a fitting on the carriage for removably securing a restraint to the carriage, the fitting comprising a track and at least two spaced apart fitting openings formed in an upper surface of the track, the fitting openings being connected to one another by a gap defined in the upper surface by retaining tabs;
- the carriage being removably secured to an opening formed on a side wall of the roller tray and capable of being secured or removed by hand operation.
A tie down for securing objects in an aircraft having a roller tray, the tie down comprising:
- a carriage having at least one side wall;
- a fitting on the carriage for removably securing a restraint to the carriage, the fitting comprising a track and at least two spaced apart fitting openings formed in an upper surface of the track, the fitting openings being connected to one another by a gap defined in the upper surface by retaining tabs;
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- a means for removably securing the carriage to a selected location along a side wall of the roller tray, the means located on the at least one side wall of the carriage.
A method for securing a tie down in an aircraft having a roller tray, the method comprising:
- providing a tie down having a carriage and a fitting on the carriage, the fitting comprising a track and at least two spaced apart fitting openings formed in an upper surface of the track, the fitting openings being connected to one another by a gap defined in the upper surface by retaining tabs, the carriage further having a fixed protruding element and a moveable protruding element;
- positioning the tie down atop the roller tray with the fitting openings facing upward;
- inserting the tie down such that the fixed protruding element engages a first opening within the roller tray;
- positioning the movable protruding element to a retracted position such that the carriage is positioned within the roller tray;
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- positioning the movable protruding element to an extended position such that the moveable protruding element engages a second opening within the roller tray to releaseably secure the tie down within the roller tray.
A tie down for securing objects in an aircraft having a roller tray, the tie down comprising:
- a carriage having first and second side walls facing in opposite directions;
- a fitting on the carriage for removably securing a restraint to the carriage;
- a first pair of protruding elements which are spaced apart from one another, protrude from the first side wall in a common first direction, and are movable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a second pair of protruding elements which are spaced apart from one another, protrude from the second side wall in a common second direction which is opposite to the first direction;
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- a manually operable handle member configured to simultaneously move the first pair of protruding elements in the second direction, from the extended position to the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.