Patent ID: 8465236
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A tie-down assembly to be mounted in a deck portion to secure an object to the deck portion, the tie-down assembly comprising: a frame; a pair of ratchet subassemblies, each said ratchet subassembly comprising: each of the ratchet bodies being mounted in the frame to permit rotation thereof about the axis thereof respectively in a predetermined rotary direction to tighten the selected one of the straps attached thereto, for securing the object to the deck portion; each ratchet subassembly additionally comprising a pawl, for preventing rotation of the ratchet head engageable therewith about the axis thereof in a direction opposite to the predetermined rotary direction; and each of the ratchet bodies being rotatable in the same predetermined rotary direction to tighten the selected one of the straps attached thereto respectively; in each ratchet subassembly, the pawl being movable between: the pawl being urged to rotate at least partially upwardly to the engaged position; and the pawl being movable from the engaged position to the disengaged position by engaging an engagement portion of the pawl with a bar positioned between the engagement portion and a locating part of the tie-down assembly, to lever the pawl to the disengaged position.