Patent ID: 7785053
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for securing a payload to a channel, comprising: coupling the payload to a body of a locking assembly; rotatably coupling a lever to the body of the locking assembly by a first shaft; disposing a spring between the body of the locking assembly and a saddle member of the locking assembly; biasing the saddle member and the lever away from the body; rotatably coupling the saddle member to the lever by a second shaft; permitting the second shaft to move relative to the saddle member; engaging an insertion portion of the body into the channel; translating the insertion portion of the body within the channel from a first position to a second position, the body being substantially constrained from movement away from the channel in the second position; translating the locking assembly along the channel until one or more self alignment portions of the locking assembly abuts corresponding portions of the channel; and actuating at least one engagement member from an unsecured position to a secured position, a portion of the channel being engaged by the at least one engagement member and the insertion portion of the body when the at least one engagement member is positioned in the secured position such that the body is substantially constrained from movement along the channel by the at least one engagement member.