Abstract: A clamp assembly primarily designed for the removable attachment of a load supporting device to a skid or like support structure of a helicopter such that additional load or cargo may be mounted exteriorally of the helicopter body and generally between the supporting skid assembly and the cockpit or other interior cargo space. The clamp assembly is removably secured to the load supporting structure and includes two clamp body segments pivotal relative to one another between an open position and a clamped position, the latter being defined by a gripping or clamping of the clamp segment about the generally tubular structure defining the skid assembly.

Abstract: A cargo and work platform assembly adapted to be mounted to at least one of two longitudinally extending skid tubes beneath a helicopter fuselage wherein a plurality of support struts including inboard support struts and outboard support struts extend in supporting, connecting relation between the platform and the fuselage. In a preferred embodiment, the platform assembly includes two independent platforms separably mounted to one of the two longitudinal skid tubes in such a manner as to allow lateral displacement of the skid tubes upon landing or takeoff.