Abstract: A vehicle roof rack having two separate members which are securable on the roof. Each support member has a reel with belt secured thereto. A plurality of belt engaging pegs extend horizontally from a side of each support member for the belt to pass under a peg and over the load to secure the load thereto.

Abstract: A supporting bracket is secured to the housing of a tightener for a load binder used with a truck. The bracket extends outwardly in overlapping engagement with the upper surface of the inwardly projecting flange of a truck bed side rail and is slidable along the rail. A sprocket and ratchet are rigidly mounted on a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a pawl connected to the housing engages the ratchet. When the shaft is rotated a sprocket chain, one end of which is fastened to the load binder, is wound on the sprocket to tighten the load binder. A shock absorber and tension-indicating block is disposed between the housing and the side rail.

Abstract: Cargo carried on freight cars such as flat bed railway cars is secured in place by lading strapping that is tensioned around the cargo so as to compress a snubber unit on a self-resetting lading tie anchor and snubbing device that includes a snubber mechanism and a lading tie anchor assembly slidably mounted in a housing secured directly to the side sill of the freight car, which anchor assembly is locked in an automatically retracted position to automatically reset the device when it drops into the housing due to the force of gravity to bring a latch into operative interengagement with the snubbing device. At this position, lading strapping is passed through a lading tie anchor that moves generally upwardly as tension is applied to the lading strapping in opposition to bias provided by the snubber mechanism.

Abstract: Cargo carried on freight cars such as flat bed railway cars is secured in place by lading strapping that is tensioned around the cargo so as to compress a snubber unit of a self-resetting lading tie anchor and snubbing device that includes a snubber mechanism and a lading tie anchor assembly slidably mounted in a housing secured directly to the side sill of the freight car, which anchor assembly is locked in an automatically retracted position to automatically reset the device when it drops into the housing due to the force of gravity, at which position lading strapping is passed through a lading tie anchor that moves generally upwardly as tension is applied to the lading strapping in opposition to bias provided by the snubber mechanism. Unlocking of the anchor assembly quickly releases the device to substantially reduce tension within the lading strapping before it is removed from the cargo.

Abstract: A lashing device for tightening a band securing cargo at a platform is swingably mounted within a recess in one side of the platform, and comprises a lever structure and a locking member. The lever structure includes two parallel bars arranged parallel to the pivot and around which a loop in the band may be led. The lever structure comprisesa securing hook for cooperation with the locking member and a pedal by means of which the necessary force for tightening the band is applied.

Abstract: An automobile tie down assembly for use on vehicle supporting track assemblies in vehicle carriers to secure the vehicle being carried on the track assemblies including a guide assembly to guide the flexible tie down member attached to the vehicle and a tie down mechanism for winding the flexible tie down member thereon to tie down the vehicle where the tie down mechanism includes a tie down winding shaft onto which the flexible tie down member is wound, an input drive member adapted to be engaged and rotated, and gearing means interconnecting the tie down winding shaft and the input drive member so that rotation of said input member rotates the tie down winding shaft, the gearing means constructed and arranged so that said gearing means is substantially irreversible whereby the input shaft can be rotated to drive the tie down winding shaft while rotation of the tie down winding shaft to drive the input shaft is substantially precluded.

Abstract: A device for quickly releasing tension in a load securement element such as high tension banding used to secure loads to railroad flat cars. The device includes a tubular housing within which a slide member is movable between set and released positions. Attachment devices for connection to the band or element and to a support are carried by the housing and slide member and are separated when the slide member moves from the set to the released position. A lock pin carried in the slide member engages the hosuing for locking the slide member in the set position, and also for guiding the movement of the slide member in the housing. A release element on the housing is readily movable in the transverse direction, as by striking with a hammer, to release the lock pin and permit the slide member to move from the set position. A bright colored surface on the slide member visible through a window in the housing indicates the position of the slide member.

Abstract: A quick release winch tie down assembly is mounted in the tracks of a ramp of a car hauler vehicle and includes a crank shaft extending from one end through a segmented bearing sleeve, a release shaft connected to said crank shaft in nonrotatable telescopic arrangement, and a tie down sleeve extending about both the release shaft and crank shaft in a space between the bearing sleeve segments. A spring urges lock elements of the tie down sleeve and the release shaft in locking relationship. A tie down chain is connected at one end portion to the tie down sleeve, and a rachet and pawl means limits the rotation of crank shaft to one direction, so that when the crank shaft is rotated it also rotates the release shaft and tie down sleeve and winds the tie down chain about the tie down sleeve, and when the lock elements are disengaged, the tie down sleeve is free to rotate and unreel the tie down chain.

Abstract: Low-height reversible ratchet tie-down winch for flat decked vehicles. The tie-down winches are adjustably mounted in retainer channels extending along each side of the deck of the vehicle. Each winch is rotatably mounted between the top and bottom walls of its base and tension of the tie-down chain is maintained by a pawl and ratchet. The winch block has a chain pocket to lock a horizontal link of the chain to the chain pocket and a recessed portion engaging a next adjacent vertical link of the chain. The ratchet has a cooperating pocket engageable with a next adjacent vertical link of the chain and completing the chain pocket in the winch block. The chain may be trained through one end or the other of the base for the winch.

Abstract: A load-retaining barrier construction formed exclusively of high tensile strength plastic sheet material having a limited stretch capability precut to length sufficient to provide the same with portions which are fixedly secured in position at opposite sides of a load confining space and with freely extending end portions which are adhesively secured together in overlapped relation, said overlapped part of the barrier being wrapped or turned upon itself about an axis extending across the width of the barrier material in the region of said overlap through a number of turns sufficient to tension the barrier to the degree desired. This tensioning is effected by a turning tool applied to the overlapped part of the barrier along said axis.

Abstract: A device for fastening the free end of a tensioning band for securing loads to a loading platform on a truck by a tensioning band and a tensioning device. The fastening device comprises a sleeve having a hook which engages a D ring attached to the free end of the band. The hook is pivotably and resiliently attached to the sleeve and is remotely operated by an operating device. When the tensioning force in the band exceeds a predetermined value, which is determined by the spring, a switch is actuated by the spring and making a monitoring lamp positioned in the truck cabin to go out. The operating device can be a stay extending transversally from the fastening device and beneath the platform to the corresponding tensioning device, or a pneumatic, hydraulic or an electromechanic device operated from the corresponding tensioning device and/or from the truck cabin.

Abstract: A cargo-carrying container having end walls and cargo tie-down devices on the end walls thereof each including a ring affixed to one of the end walls and a strap assembled to the ring, the effective length of the strap being adjustable, and further including a hook with a spring-loaded latch, the hook being fastened on the free end of the strap. The container can rest on and be secured to either a floor of a cargo space in transport craft such as a helicopter or can rest on and be secured to an underlying similar container.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying a releasable tension to an anchored strap extended over, or connected to, a load carried on a platform. The apparatus comprises a housing, a torsion element for strap recoil, a winching rotor for operatively interconnecting the torsion element and the inboard end of the strap, and a nonincremental clamping assembly for releasably engaging the middle of a strap between the ends. Tension is first supplied to the anchored strap by action of the torsion element on the rotor. Thereafter, further tension is applied to the anchored strap by a winching force applied to the rotor. The tension of the anchored strap is maintained by engagement of the clamping assembly with the strap.

Abstract: A winch for tightening lines and webbing on the lashing of cargos, the winch having a frame which consists of two preferably oval plates which are spaced from each other by means of cross-pieces, of which the one is used as an anchorage for the winch and the other for securing one end of the webbing, and a winding roller located between the cross-pieces and connectible to the other webbing end and having a ratchet mechanism in the form of two disks abutting against each other under the action of a spring, the disks having radial locking surfaces on their sides in abutment with each other and being movable apart for canceling the locking action by means of a clutch ring located between the disks.

Abstract: A tiedown winch for securing a load such as an automobile to a transporting vehicle such as a railroad car includes a housing slidable in a track carried by the transporting vehicle. A chain for securing the load is wound on a drum journalled in the top and bottom walls of the housing for rotation around a vertical axis. The housing includes end walls, each of which is provided with an opening so that the chain can extend from the housing in either direction. The openings are arranged tangentially with respect to the drum and are located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the housing so that rotation of the drum in a single direction can wind the chain along a direct path through either opening. A locking bolt substantially shorter than the width of the housing is carried by one end wall to engage the track for retaining the winch at a selected position along the track.

Abstract: A strap tightener including means to lock an operating lever in a rest position adjacent to an anchoring element for fixedly anchoring the strap tightener.Said means include a hook projecting from a driving pawl on the operating lever for receiving, in the rest position of the operating lever, a holding pawl on the anchoring element.