Patent ID: 11952145
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. An aircraft cargo restraint system, comprising:
a cargo conveyor system installed on a cargo floor of an aircraft, the cargo conveyor system including a plurality of rails and a plurality of rollers;
an inner pawl rotatably attached to a first rail in the plurality of rails;
an outer pawl rotatably attached to the first rail in the plurality of rails;
a lever rotatably attached to the first rail in the plurality of rails via a central axis, wherein the lever includes a first end and a second end spaced from each other, with the central axis disposed between the first end and the second end, and wherein the lever includes a roller disposed along the first end; and
a mechanical linkage connecting the lever to the outer pawl and to the inner pawl, the outer pawl and the inner pawl being controlled by movement of the lever through the mechanical linkage, wherein the mechanical linkage comprises a lift linkage connected to the second end of the lever at a first pivot point, and a retract linkage connected to the second end of the lever at a second pivot point spaced from the first pivot point such that the first pivot point and the second pivot point are off-center from each other along the second end.