Patent ID: 7318695
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A cover for use with a tie-down anchor adapted to be mounted in a locking track in an air pallet, the locking track having a channel which includes spaced upper flanges shaped to define a series of enlarged circular openings separated by relatively narrower slot segments, the tie-down anchor having a pair of fixed locking studs and a vertically movable spring loaded locking stud, the cover comprising: (a) a first piece having a front portion sized and shaped to fit into one of the enlarged circular openings in the locking track and a rear portion sized and shaped to fit at the same time over the spring loaded locking stud, said rear portion having a pair of locking parts, and (b) a second piece having a pair of studs sized and shaped to fit into a pair of enlarged openings in the locking track and having a pair of locking parts matable with the locking parts in the first piece, (c) the studs in the tie-down anchor being sized and shaped to fit into the enlarged circular openings in the locking track but not be movable vertically up through the slot segments in the channel, (d) the studs in the second piece being sized and shaped so that they can slide along the channel but cannot move vertically up through the slot segments in the channel, (e) wherein, when the first piece is mounted on the tie-down anchor over the spring loaded locking stud and the second piece is mounted on the locking track and the locking parts are locked together, the first piece prevents access to the spring loaded stud and the second piece prevents lifting up the first piece.