Patent ID: 8979448
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A method of tying down a pallet atop a base, comprising: selecting a plurality of tie-down locations on the pallet that may be brought into registration with anchors below the pallet in the base; relatively moving the pallet and the base to bring at least certain of the tie-down locations on the pallet into registration above at least certain of the anchors below the pallet in the base; mounting a tie-down device in a channel on the pallet at each of the tie-down locations that have been brought into registration with one of the anchors and sliding the tie-down devices within the channel to the tie-down locations registered with the anchors; and, using the tie-down devices to tie-down the pallet to the anchors registered with the tie-down locations on the pallet.