Abstract: A twistlock device for locking containers on vehicles. A housing with a cylindrical vertical throughbore includes an upper guide section for engaging an opening in a container corner bracket, and a lower mounting section for connecting the device to a vehicle. The mounting section protrudes beyond the side faces of the guide section and the guide section extends beyond the end faces of the mounting section. An axially unshiftable locking bolt is rotatably carried in the bore. The bolt's top end is provided with a hammerhead, and its bottom end is provided with a handle for twisting the hammerhead between a locking position and a release position. The locking position is secured by a releasable locking element. The twistlock can be shipped to a vehicle manufacturer completely preassembled, and is inserted by the vehicle manufacturer in a hole in a vehicle outrigger where it can be simply and easily mounted by welding.

Abstract: A hold down apparatus for a tippable structure of a vehicle has a clamping catch which is rotatable about a transverse axis. The catch has a fork formed by two projecting prongs on one side of the transverse axis and, on the other side of the transverse axis, is acted upon by a spring device which holds the clamping catch with an over-center action either against a stop, in which position the opening of the fork faces the structure, or urges the clamping catch with spring action into a second position in which the fork is held in an essentially horizontal position in which the structure is clamped down.