Patent ID: 6315509
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A one-piece chain retainer and length of chain, comprising:a one-piece chain retainer mountable on the deck or in a channel in the deck of a cargo transport vehicle on which cargo is to be tied down at least in part by a length of chain maintained taut under tension along one side of said cargo,said retainer has a formation in and by which two adjacent links of said length of chain will be retained generally perpendicular to each other when said length of chain is maintained taut by tension thereon and from which said two links are readily releasable upon release of said tension, each link having an outside edge surface and a face surface generally normal thereto,said formation includes a cavity having an upwardly inclined surface against which the face surface of one of said two links is retained in an upwardly inclined plane, andsaid formation includes a slot in the top of said formation and through which the other of said two links extends upwardly in part through said slot.