Patent ID: 9623787
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A tie-down assembly, comprising: a clamping member configured to engage an accessory track of a vehicle and including a shaft, the clamping member being movable between an engaged position securing the tie-down assembly to the accessory track and a disengaged position such that the tie-down assembly is removable from the accessory track; a cleat movably receiving the clamping member and having a first side configured to engage the accessory track, the shaft of the clamping member passing through the cleat; a tightening member movably receiving a free end of the shaft of the clamping member, the tightening member engaging the shaft on a second side of the cleat opposite the first side of the cleat; and an indicator fixed to the clamping member, the indicator being movable with the clamping member between a locked position in which the clamping member is in the engaged position and an unlocked position in which the clamping member is in the disengaged position, the indicator indicating the locked and unlocked positions when viewed from the second side of the cleat.