Track-guided Anchor Patents (Class 410/104)
  • Patent number: 11959508
    Abstract: A panel assembly for installation onto a track beam including a beam flange having a non-linear edge is disclosed. The panel assembly includes a panel and a lockable catch moveably connected to the panel. The lockable catch includes a lockable mating edge configured to selectively mate with the non-linear edge of the beam flange of the track beam. The lockable catch also includes a lockable catch edge extending beyond the lockable mating edge. The lockable catch is moveable on a lower surface of the panel between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the unlocked position the lockable catch edge is retracted. In the locked position, the lockable mating edge mates with the non-linear edge of the beam flange and the lockable catch edge retains the panel on the track beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John C. Osborne, Steven A. Scott
  • Patent number: 11814103
    Abstract: A semi-trailer includes first and second main beams that extend parallel to a longitudinal axis. A left side rail extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and defines a left lateral side of the trailer, and a right side rail extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and defines a right lateral side of the trailer. A cargo platform extends between the left side rail and right side rails. A kingpin is located at a forward end of the trailer and is adapted to be engaged by a fifth-wheel of an associated vehicle for towing the trailer. An axle assembly is located at a rear end of the trailer and is connected to the first and second main beams. The axle assembly includes at least one left and at least one right rotatable wheel and tire assembly for movably supporting the trailer on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: East Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Howard D. Booher, Derek Davies
  • Patent number: 11787481
    Abstract: An overlay floor for motor vehicles, applied on the mother floor of the vehicle, intended to fix seats, wheelchairs or other equipment therein, having a shape adapted to the mother floor of the vehicle in which it is to be mounted. In the floor plate there are made longitudinal mounting sockets, into which two-part mounting rails are inserted. The mounting rails consist of an upper rail with flanges and a groove for equipment fasteners and a lower base connected to it. The mounting sockets are made in a uniform sheet of the floor plate as through, longitudinal holes for the profiles of the mounting rails. The upper rails have a longitudinal lock at the bottom for connection to the lower bases which have a corresponding longitudinal lock along the upper surfaces of the bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OKB SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA
    Inventors: Marcin Piotr Jankowski, Damian Pawel Golinski
  • Patent number: 11724808
    Abstract: A system for restraining a cargo container in a cabin of an aircraft is disclosed. The system may include a guide rail, a rail and a plurality of rollers. The guide rail spans a length of a seat track and is releasably coupled to the seat track at one or more locations on a bottom surface of the guide rail. The rail is attached to a surface of the cargo container. The rail engages with the guide rail. The plurality of roller are coupled to the guide rail. The rollers engage a surface of the rail. The rail has two side surfaces that partially enclose two side surfaces of the rollers. When the cargo container deviates from a path defined by the guide rail, one of the side surfaces of the rollers abuts one of the side surfaces of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: INFLIGHT INVESTMENTS INC.
    Inventor: George R. Smallhorn
  • Patent number: 11607938
    Abstract: The invention is a kit for attaching to a truck cap to enable the cap to be lifted off of and lowered onto a truck by lines from above. The kit includes: a first rail and a second rail, each configured to attach to the truck cap; a first pair of sliding masts for releasably attaching to the first rail and a second pair of sliding masts for releasably attaching to the second rail. Each of the sliding mast includes: a sled which is captured by the rail, and is slidable along the rail, and is adapted to be secured at various points along the rail; and a brace with one end attached to the sled and the other end adapted to receive one of the lines. In another aspect, the kit includes multiple lifting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Casey Webb, Doug Mecham
  • Patent number: 11572021
    Abstract: A vehicular mounted rail system may provide a rail, base(s), and rail adapter that are configured to be assembled and mounted to a structural member (e.g., dashboard) of a vehicle so as to enable a user to support an electronic device by the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Wild West Investments, LLC
    Inventor: Gavin Stener
  • Patent number: 11485273
    Abstract: A loading platform configured for attachment of cargo holding belts by means of a hook, the platform comprising a substantially rectangular frame supporting a loading surface, the frame including two longitudinal side members, and platform walls attached to outer sides of the frame members, inner surfaces of the platform walls delimiting a generally flat loading area. On a side facing away from the loading area each side member is provided with a protruding edge for engaging a hook of a cargo holding belt, wherein the edge extends beyond the loading area, and is received by a recess in a platform wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AXEL JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventor: Ragnvald Andersson
  • Patent number: 11320091
    Abstract: A handle with a mounting track includes a handle section. One or more legs extend from the handle section and are attachable to a surface. When the leg is attached to the surface, the handle section forms a graspable handle. A mounting track is formed along at least a portion of the handle section. The mounting track includes a base, two vertical rails extending opposite each other from the base, and two horizontal beams each extending from a different one of the vertical rails over the base toward the other horizontal beam. The horizontal beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The vertical rails and the horizontal beams define a track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 11284679
    Abstract: A rotating buckle includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and a hook body. The first fixing member includes protruding posts. The second fixing member defines limiting slots and comprises a fixing portion. The fixing portion fixes the second fixing member to the first fixing member through a first resilient member. The hook body is received between the first fixing member and the second fixing member. The hook body defines a mounting hole, an inclined slot, and a receiving slot. The protruding posts are inserted through the mounting hole, the inclined slot, and the limiting slots. The fixing portion is inserted through the receiving slot. The hook body is fixed to the first fixing member through a second resilient member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-Feng Lin, Chieh-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11279292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle tray and, more specifically, the objective of the present invention is to prevent a cover slidably provided inside a tray body from moving by vibration generated when a vehicle travels and, simultaneously, to prevent, in advance, the generation of friction noise when protrusions come into contact with guide rails provided in the tray body even when the cover is operated. The present invention comprises: a tray body (100) having an accommodation part (110) of which the upper side is open; the guide rails (300) fixedly provided, respectively, at both the left and right sides of the accommodation part (110); and a cover (200) having the guide protrusions (210), which are formed to respectively protrude from both the left and right sides thereof and slide while being guided along the guide rails (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA Inc.
    Inventors: Hyuk Du Kwon, Seong Kwon No
  • Patent number: 11220299
    Abstract: A modular loading platform for a vehicle, comprising a frame composed of a plurality of interconnected extruded frame members, wherein the members are each provided with at least two parallel grooves extending along the members and facing away from the frame. The platform further includes a set of mounting elements having parallel protrusions which have been inserted into engagement with said parallel grooves in one of the members. The mounting elements form a structure on which additional parts of the loading platform may be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AXEL JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventor: Ragnvald Andersson
  • Patent number: 11161051
    Abstract: A toy vehicle track set is disclosed herein. The track set includes at least one track section and a support that can hold the track section in a particular orientation or position relative to a support surface. In one embodiment, the support includes a base, a support member that is coupleable to the base, and a coupler that is connected to the support member. The track section can be engaged with the coupler which is movably mounted to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Daly, Paul Schmid
  • Patent number: 11085579
    Abstract: A mounting track includes a track section having a track base, two vertical track-rails, and horizontal track-beams laterally-spaced-apart from each other by a first distance. An endpiece is attachable to the track section and includes an endpiece base, a vertical endpiece rail, and horizontal endpiece beams. When attached to the track section, the track base and the endpiece base align, the vertical track-rails and the vertical endpiece rail align, and the horizontal track-beams and the horizontal endpiece beams align to form a continuous track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move. The endpiece includes an insertion zone where opposing portions of the horizontal endpiece beams are spaced-apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance to facilitate insertion of the retention element into the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 11040667
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roof luggage rack and an article separation device. When used as the roof luggage rack, the device may include a cross rod assembly to carry articles; a longitudinal rod to fix on a vehicle roof; a locking buckle, which has two ends respectively buckling with the cross rod assembly and the longitudinal rod in a detachable manner, such that the cross rod assembly and the longitudinal rod may be fixed in a detachable manner. The roof luggage rack and the article separation device may be combined and connected by different means to achieve various purposes, overcoming a problem of the device having a single usage purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: WINBO-DONGJIAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongbo Chen, Zhihai Zhang, Wei Hu, Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 11021139
    Abstract: A wheel chock system includes a wheel chock configured to support a wheel of a vehicle and having an arm that extends from the wheel chock. The wheel chock includes a crossbar that has an outer wall, an open interior, and a tab extending from the outer wall into the open interior. The arm has an outer surface in which a notch is defined, and when the notch is aligned with the tab the arm is slidably received in the open interior and extendable therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Motis Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Krolski, Richard Beilstein
  • Patent number: 11001191
    Abstract: A tie-down assembly for selective attachment to a structure at an oblong aperture defined thereby and detachment therefrom includes an anchor arranged along an axis. The anchor has an oblong-shaped section configured to be inserted into the structure's oblong aperture. The anchor also has a knob section which turns the anchor's oblong-shaped section about the axis when a torque is applied to the knob section. The assembly also includes a rail mount configured to abut the oblong-shaped section, and defining a pocket for accepting the knob section and limiting rotation of the oblong-shaped section via contact with the knob section. The anchor's oblong-shaped section and the rail mount are together configured to sandwich therebetween material of the structure proximate the oblong aperture after the anchor's oblong-shaped section is inserted into and turned relative to the oblong aperture to thereby attach the tie-down assembly to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Dusan Colovic, Clayton Davis, Mark Pulleyblank, Jeffrey A. Diegel
  • Patent number: 10982807
    Abstract: A handle with a mounting track includes a handle section. One or more legs extend from the handle section and are attachable to a surface. When the leg is attached to the surface, the handle section forms a graspable handle. A mounting track is formed along at least a portion of the handle section. The mounting track includes a base, two vertical rails extending opposite each other from the base, and two horizontal beams each extending from a different one of the vertical rails over the base toward the other horizontal beam. The horizontal beams are laterally spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The vertical rails and the horizontal beams define a track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 10900607
    Abstract: An accessory device is provided with one or more physical interlocks for mating with a slot provided along an accessory mounting track, or alternatively, with discrete physical mating interlocking features provided along an accessory mounting track, such as along opposing sides of the slot. In this way, the accessory device can be mounted along the slot in a lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track or perpendicularly or transversely to the lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track. When mounting in a lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track, the accessory device is prevented from moving along the accessory mounting track when sufficient frictional forces are applied. When mounting perpendicularly or transversely to the lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track, the interlocks mate with the interlocking features to prevent movement of the accessory device along the accessory mounting track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Luther Cifers
  • Patent number: 10850580
    Abstract: A tie down apparatus that may be utilized for securing an item, such as a safety chain, wherein the tie down apparatus may be used with a hitch mounting system. In one embodiment, the tie down apparatus may include a receiving member, a tie down member, and a clocking member. The receiving member may include an opening located there through. The tie down member may include at least one aperture, wherein the tie down member may be capable of being located and rotated within the receiving member. The tie down member may be rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise. The locking member may include at least one leg capable of being housed within the aperture. The locking member may engage the receiving member once the tie down member is rotated, thereby trapping the item within the tie down apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventor: Richard W. McCoy
  • Patent number: 10800528
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a container, in particular a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) container to an aircraft consists of four tiedown adapters. The tiedown adapters are attached one each to a corner of the COTS container, typically at about the vertical midpoint of the edge. The tiedown adapters each comprises a base and a swivel. The base abuts the COTS container and has an integral cable fairlead. A cable is threaded through the fairleads so it wraps horizontally around the COTS container. The ends of the cable are then attached to each other using a turnbuckle, which is adjusted to put a predetermined tension in the cable. A shackle is attached to the swivel of each of the tiedown adapters and attached to an Adjustable Strap Assembly (ASA) or similar tiedown, which is attached to one of the load rings in the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Safe, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Williams, Stanley P. Desjardins
  • Patent number: 10800604
    Abstract: Presenting an auxiliary storage apparatus and aircraft container that enables existing non-regulated temperature containers to be equipped with specific features such as cooling, heating, and humidifying features. The storage container with specific features is inserted into a non-regulated temperature container for aircraft use and affixed to the interior of the non-regulated temperature container by the auxiliary storage apparatus, which includes a wire that passes over the storage container, hooks and pulleys that affix to existing support brackets located on four corners of a floor surface, and a turnbuckle. One end of the wire hooks onto a first hook. The wire passes over the storage container and winds around the pulleys. The other end of the wire attaches to a second hook using the turnbuckle. During operation of the turnbuckle, the wire tightens against the storage container, and the storage container is affixed to the interior of the non-regulated temperature container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Innovation Thru Energy Co Ltd.
    Inventors: Garg Pankaj, Satoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 10766320
    Abstract: A tie-down apparatus securable within a slot of a slotted receiver includes a pedestal, a safety chain connector and a locking member pivotally connected to the safety chain connector. A vertical bore extends through the pedestal and two legs depend from the pedestal body on opposite sides of the bore. Each leg is narrower in width than a width of the slot so that the legs may be inserted widthwise into the slot to prevent the pedestal from rotating in the slot. The safety chain connector includes a bail and a downwardly extending latching member extending through the bore in the pedestal and is rotatable relative to the base to rotate the latching member into engagement with the slotted receiver whereupon the locking member pivots into engagement with the pedestal preventing rotation of the safety chain connector out of latching engagement with the slotted receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: B & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis M. McCall, Tyler Jelinek
  • Patent number: 10686401
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a covering for a clamping assembly used to connect and ground solar panel modules to a mounting rail. The covering comprises a sleeve including an outer cover for connecting to the solar panel module and a connector shaped to be contained within the outer cover and connected to the outer cover through two or more flanges. The connector has an opening there through to receive a female member of the clamping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Ironridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Ash, David Briggs, Shawn Meine, Bryan Lester
  • Patent number: 10563813
    Abstract: An accessory mounting track provides quick and easy removable attachment and positioning of various devices. The method of attachment of devices to the accessory mounting track may be compatible with the attachment of these devices to other mounting systems, allowing the accessory mounting track to be used interchangeably with those systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Luther Cifers
  • Patent number: 10525868
    Abstract: A system includes a coil contacting base. The coil contacting base includes a radially curved outer surface with a radius of curvature less than or equal to a coil radius of curvature of an interior channel of a coil of spoolable pipe, and the coil contacting base includes a length greater than or equal to an axial dimension of the coil. The system also includes a side wall coupled to an inner surface of the coil contacting base. The side wall is configured to block circumferential movement of a coil restraint. The system also includes a passage disposed between the coil contacting base and the side wall. The coil restraint is configured to be disposed in the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TRINITY BAY EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Max Reedy, Brett Hamner, Alexander Lee Winn, Matthew Allen Hegler, Sanjay Bhatia
  • Patent number: 10464468
    Abstract: A system includes a coil contacting base. The coil contacting base includes a radially curved outer surface with a radius of curvature less than or equal to a coil radius of curvature of an interior channel of a coil of spoolable pipe, and the coil contacting base includes a length greater than or equal to an axial dimension of the coil. The system also includes a side wall coupled to an inner surface of the coil contacting base. The side wall is configured to block circumferential movement of a coil restraint. The system also includes a passage disposed between the coil contacting base and the side wall. The coil restraint is configured to be disposed in the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TRINITY BAY EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Max Reedy, Brett Hamner, Alexander Lee Winn, Matthew Allen Hegler, Sanjay Bhatia
  • Patent number: 10364567
    Abstract: A connector for framing material comprises: a limiting member, a connecting member and a first screw. The hexagon portion of the first screw is received between the first stopping plate and the second stopping plate of the limiting member. The through hole of the connecting member is passed by the first screw to form a pre-lock assembly of the limiting member and the connecting member. The first stopping plate and the second stopping plate parallel to the accepting slot direction to place the limiting member in the U-shaped frame, and then the connecting member is rotated and to make a cross with the U-shaped frame, such that the first screw drives the limiting member to rotate to perpendicular to the U-shaped frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Song-Ping Shang
  • Patent number: 10315498
    Abstract: A latch assembly comprising: (I) a head having: (a) two corners; and (b) two fillets that are each connected to the two corners by a sidewall that extends between each of the two fillets and each of the two corners; and (II) an engaging portion coupled to the head, the engaging portion being configured to engage a wall of a cargo box of a pickup truck to compressibly secure a foldable tonneau system to the cargo box, wherein two of the sidewalls extending between the two corners and the two fillets form a locking portion that is configured to lock the latch assembly in a cross bow member of the foldable tonneau system when the latch assembly is in communication with the cross bow member, and the latch assembly is configured to be insertable and removable from the cross bow member of the foldable tonneau system without disassembly of the cross bow member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Tectum Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: John Parkey
  • Patent number: 10278877
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical imaging supply transport cart having enhanced safety features and a process implementing the same. The medical imaging supply transport cart includes a support surface configured to support medical imaging supplies, the support surface further configured to support a support mechanism, and the support mechanism further configured to support the medical imaging supplies. The support mechanism further configured to rigidly hold the medical imaging supplies with a first holding mechanism, the medical imaging supplies configured to store at least one dose of a nuclear medicine, a plurality of wheels arranged below the support surface, at least one door configured to enclose the medical imaging supplies, and a handle configured to be grasped by a user to guide the medical imaging supply transport cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Laurel Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Lon Patrick Wilson, Ron Joseph Morosko, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9936647
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for trimming product in a mobile unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Todd Reed
  • Patent number: 9878675
    Abstract: A ramp bracket assembly for selectively storing a ramp in a rear of the vehicle is disclosed. The ramp bracket includes a mounting plate, a support plate, and a retaining channel. The mounting plate is spaced away from and fixedly connected to the support plate. The mounting plate further includes a key member that engages with a mounting bracket connectable to the vehicle sidewall. The retaining channel, which selectively receives a ramp, is fixedly connected to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy George, Kurt John Jaeckle, Mark Higgins, Matthew Naumann, Jeffrey Gerard Fortin, John Robert Dryden, John Jeffrey Steslicki
  • Patent number: 9725027
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed side panel, a docking plate, an E-track, and a clamp. The truck bed side panel has a top surface, a side surface, and an overhang extending from the top surface. The docking plate is secured to the side surface and defines a keyway. A keyed protuberance extends from the E-track. The keyed protuberance engages the keyway and secures the E-track to the docking plate. The clamp extends from the E-track and engages the overhang to secure the E-track to the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski
  • Patent number: 9671198
    Abstract: A plurality of firearm accessory mounting technologies are disclosed. Such technologies enable selective mounting of firearm accessories to firearm rails. Such technologies also enable integration of firearm rail mounting structures into firearms accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Scalarworks, LLC
    Inventor: Philippe Bartoszewicz
  • Patent number: 9637042
    Abstract: A side rail of a floor assembly of a trailer, such as a flatbed trailer, including a channel formed in a top wall of the side rail and an aperture formed in the top wall of the side rail at a location spaced-apart from the channel. The channel extends along a length of the side rail and is configured to receive a first cargo restraint device therein. The aperture is configured to receive a second cargo restraint device therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.
    Inventor: Travis Smith McCloud
  • Patent number: 9610861
    Abstract: A track assembly for positioning and removably securing wheelchairs and transit seats in a vehicle, having a first rail having a frame, the frame having a top surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a longitudinal axis. The track assembly further includes a plurality of apertures having a shape, the apertures evenly distributed within the top surface along the longitudinal axis of the frame, a plurality of channels connecting the first and second side surfaces proximate the top surface, the channels evenly distributed along the longitudinal axis of the frame, and a second rail identical to and arranged in parallel with the first rail to form the track assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Fenton Mobility Products Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Ivan Fenton, Gerald James Hildom
  • Patent number: 9434293
    Abstract: A side rail of a floor assembly of a trailer, such as a flatbed trailer, including a channel formed in a top wall of the side rail and an aperture formed in the top wall of the side rail at a location spaced-apart from the channel. The channel extends along a length of the side rail and is configured to receive a first cargo restraint device therein. The aperture is configured to receive a second cargo restraint device therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wabash National, L.P.
    Inventor: Travis Smith McCloud
  • Patent number: 9409509
    Abstract: A device having a securing element which can be blocked in a load rail which is anchored so as to be fixed to a vehicle, the securing element having a base member with a retention region which can be inserted into the load rail in a positive-locking manner, and the base member includes at least one bar member for engagement in a catch bar arrangement of the load rail which is supported so as to be able to be moved relative to the base member. A additional bar is provided which is movably supported parallel with the bar member and independently of the bar member, and which is resiliently loaded in the direction of the blocking position and which can be moved together with the bar member into the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Bohlke, Juergen Salewski, Wolfgang Sitzler, Wolfram Zummack, Bogdan Tutelea, Andreas Goebbels
  • Patent number: 9371096
    Abstract: System and apparatus are disclosed for a cargo bed of a utility vehicle including side wall panels and a clamping device for mounting accessories. The cargo bed side panel includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The clamping device includes a first finger configured to engage the first protrusion and a second finger configured to engage the second protrusion, and an actuator configured to move the first and second fingers effective to secure the clamping device to the side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Club Bar, LLC
    Inventors: Steven P. Huston, Dean J. Long, Joseph A. Cuadra, Jr., Nick L. Arndt, Samuel R. Lyons
  • Patent number: 9365150
    Abstract: A loading rail has a cross-sectional profile which is uniform over at least part of the length of said loading rail, has, on an upper side, a longitudinal groove for receiving at least one sliding block, the longitudinal groove being constricted in an upper region by at least one web, which is attached to a side wall of the longitudinal groove, to form a longitudinal slot, and the web bearing at least one downwardly projecting projection, wherein the projection forms an undercut on a side facing away from the longitudinal slot, as seen from below. The disclosure also relates to a sliding block for a loading rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lothar Baldsiefen, Dino Valter, Rene A. Huth
  • Patent number: 8979450
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention relate to function elements for fixing in seat rails of aircraft. The function element according to the invention may include: a fixing rail with a web running in the x direction and a multiplicity of extensions which protrude beyond the web in a y direction to form a T profile, wherein the fixing rail is formed corresponding to the seat rail such that the fixing rail can be inserted in the seat rail and moved along the x direction into a holding position in which the extensions sit between the holes below the slots, at least one fixing peg which is arranged mobile on the fixing rail and can be brought into a blocking position in which the fixing peg engages in a hole of the seat rail so that the function element is fixed in the x direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Telair International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Richard Holzner
  • Patent number: 8974160
    Abstract: A rail mounting system includes a mounting rail that has a channel profile. The mounting rail is secured to a cargo area surface. Further, the rail mounting system includes a slide member that has a securement receiving area for securing a cargo product and the slide member within the channel profile of the mounting rail. The slide member is received within the channel profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Adrian Steel Company
    Inventor: Trevor Bender
  • Patent number: 8974159
    Abstract: A vehicle load securing apparatus comprising a frame including opposite side walls and an end wall extending between the side walls, with the frame having open sides positioned in opposition to each other. A spool is rotatably mounted on the frame and includes a rotating shaft, and a length of an elongate member at least partially wrapped about the spool with a hook mounted thereon. A ratcheting structure may control rotation of the spool with engaged position in which the ratcheting structure resists rotation of the spool in an unwind direction and a disengaged position in which the ratcheting structure permits rotation of the spool in the unwind direction. The shaft may have a first end portion extending through one of the side walls of the frame, and a section of the first end portion having a substantially hexagonal cross-sectional shape for engagement by a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventor: Myles Ammann
  • Patent number: 8920085
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for removably securing payloads are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes coupling the payload to a body of a locking assembly, engaging an insertion portion of the body into the channel, translating the insertion portion of the body along the track from a first position to a second position, the body being substantially constrained from movement away from the track in the second position, and actuating at least one engagement member from an unsecured position to a secured position, a portion of the track being clampably engaged by the at least one engagement member and the insertion portion of the body when the at least one engagement member is positioned in the secured position such that the body is substantially constrained from movement along the track by the at least one engagement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Timothy C. Hudson, Trevor M. Laib, Timothy M. Erhardt
  • Patent number: 8915684
    Abstract: A cargo deck includes a floor engageable with a load. The floor is formed from extruded aluminum in tubular panels extending transversely along the floor. Side rails are disposed on opposed sides of the deck. A plurality of longitudinally-extending support members support the floor, and are coupled to the floor via a plurality of support brackets extending angularly from the floor to the support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fontaine Trailer Company, Inc.
    Inventor: James H. Adams
  • Patent number: 8899545
    Abstract: An apparatus for affixing an object to a rail includes, but is not limited to at least one base body, at least one locking body and at least one operating element. The locking body is held so as to be movable relative to the base body and is connected to the operating element by way of at least one bearing. The operating element is arranged so as to be rotatable in the base body, includes, but is not limited to a cam that acts on the base body, and when rotated moves the locking body towards the base body. In this way apparatus is created which makes possible the manual affixing and undoing, without the need for tools, of an object on and from a rail, for example, if needed, in order to reposition displaceable monuments in a cabin of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Blees, Dieter Krause, Ralf Koblitz, Oliver Gehlen, Dirk Humfeldt, Mark Herzog
  • Patent number: 8882037
    Abstract: System for fastening a seat, on the rest of an aircraft, of the type including a base associated with the rest of the seat and including hooking elements thereof on the rest of the aircraft, which can be moved between a retracted assembly/disassembly position of the seat and an active hooking position thereof on the rest of the aircraft, and locking elements for locking the hooking elements in the active position. The hooking elements include at least one hook-shaped heel to be engaged in an opening of the rest of the aircraft, and by movement of the base, under a hooking shoulder thereof, and the locking elements in the active position include pin-shaped locking members supported by the base and that can be moved between a position retracted in the base and an active position wherein the pin-shaped locking elements protrude from the base into an opening of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Attax
    Inventor: Xavier Marechal
  • Patent number: 8858138
    Abstract: A releasable anchorage device for securing seats to tracks in vehicle floors has an elongate body with a fixed, non-slidable downward protrusion at its front end, an actuating lever at its rear end, and sets of slidable securing feet movable relative to the protrusion by the lever operating via an actuating mechanism. The mechanism includes an elongate drive rod connecting the lever to a middle set or front set of the feet which have an anti-rattle mechanism to grip the track, such as by longitudinally-inclined upper surfaces thereon. A rear set of feet may also be slidable and can move together with the middle feet. The lever is easily accessible, being at the rear end, but operates to provide an anti-rattle engagement with the track at an intermediate point along the device, spaced from the rear end, where the prevention of rattling is particularly needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: C.N. Unwin Limited
    Inventors: Gary Alexander Hearn, Stephen Johnston-Hyde
  • Publication number: 20140271021
    Abstract: A track fitting assembly for engagement with an L-track is disclosed herein. The track fitting assembly includes an anchor with at least one, but preferably three track engaging lugs extending from each side of the anchor. The anchor includes a load beam whose cross-section is larger than the anchor portion not comprising the load beam. The top surface of the load beam rises above the top surface of the track. A stud extending upwards from the load beam, and because it sits above the track, the diameter of the stud is not limited by the narrowed portions of the L-Track or the load beam. The track fitting assembly also includes a locking mechanism comprising at least one index member on each side, wherein the index members fit between the lugs of the anchor. The locking mechanism comprises an opening for receiving one or both of the load beam and the stud. A nut secures hardware to the track fitting assembly through engagement with the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SURE-LOK INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Edgardo CARDONA
  • Patent number: 8827228
    Abstract: A fastener device (10) for fastening a load to a rail (4) that is provided with a slideway (4?) defined by a bottom wall (5), two side walls (6), and a top wall (7) including a succession of wide slots (8) and of narrow slots (9), said fastener device (10) comprising a base (20) and two shoes (30) suitable for being inserted in said wide slots (8) and for co-operating with the top wall (7) in a narrow slot (9) by shape interference. The device further comprises first and second slides (31, 32), each including one of said two shoes (30), spacer means (40) for spacing apart said first and second slides (31, 32), detector means (50) for detecting a rail (4?), approach means (60) for causing said first and second slides (31, 32) to approach each other, and blocking means (70) for longitudinally blocking said base (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventors: Eric Zunino, Matthias Harer
  • Publication number: 20140248103
    Abstract: A loading rail has a cross-sectional profile which is uniform over at least part of the length of said loading rail, has, on an upper side, a longitudinal groove for receiving at least one sliding block, the longitudinal groove being constricted in an upper region by at least one web, which is attached to a side wall of the longitudinal groove, to form a longitudinal slot, and the web bearing at least one downwardly projecting projection, wherein the projection forms an undercut on a side facing away from the longitudinal slot, as seen from below. The disclosure also relates to a sliding block for a loading rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lothar Baldsiefen, Dino Valter, Rene A. Huth