Patent ID: 9399423
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61G,B60P,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An anchor for detachably connecting a wheelchair securement apparatus to a support surface within a motor vehicle, the anchor comprising: a plate having a top surface defining an opening therein, a receiving member secured to the plate and defining an elongated bore therein, the elongated bore having an open end defined by the opening in the top surface of the plate and a wall at an opposite end thereof, the plate and the receiving member together mountable to the support surface within the motor vehicle, a plunger within and axially movable along the elongated bore, and a first biasing member between a bottom surface of the plunger and the wall of the bore defined in the receiving member, the first biasing member acting against the bottom surface of the plunger to bias the plunger away from the wall of the bore toward the opening defined through the top surface of the plate, the plunger movable toward the wall of the bore against a biasing force of the first biasing member, wherein the elongated bore is configured to receive therein and engage a pin, coupled to the wheelchair securement apparatus, between the open end of the elongated bore and the plunger.