Abstract: A locking assembly to interconnect two adjacent members having axially aligned apertures includes a body member having a bore therethrough, a hinge pin with a locking groove therein passed through both the aligned apertures and the bore of said body, and retaining means positioned in said body and adapted to be received in the locking groove to hold the hinge pin in a preselected axial position. In one form, the retaining means consists of a locking pin driven into a blind end bore partially intersecting said longitudinal bore, the portion of said locking pin passing through said longitudinal bore being received in said locking groove.

Abstract: The load binder, of any conventional type, has a length of security chain permanently attached to the same and carrying a shackle, ring or the like at its free end. A separate length of binder chain is provided having links that pass freely through the security chain and shackle; at one end a grab hook is connected to the binder chain and is of larger size than the noted shackle to preclude removal of the security chain at this end of the binder chain, while the other end of the binder chain is welded or permanently fastened at a point on the cargo transporter with which the binder is used. Accordingly, when thus installed on a flatbed or the like, the binder is normally permanently attached to the bed although adjustably positionable to the limits allowed by movement of the security chain along the length of the binder chain.

Abstract: The chain is formed of a series of links of general C-shape with the link diameter greater than the width of the gap at the ends of each to prevent disengagement therethrough, and a sound absorbing continuous length of sash cord of a diameter substantially equal to the gap width is combined with the chain length by insertion through the link gaps of such cord successively in alternating fashion along the length of the chain.