Patent ID: 6752562
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A positive lock pin for locking a plurality of objects together, comprising:a handle portion; a handle housing in communication with said handle portion, said handle housing having a pair of slots, wherein said pair of slots are formed in said handle housing on approximately opposite sides thereof; a shaft member located within said handle housing and reciprocally moveable therewithin; a pair of retention mechanisms disposed within said handle housing and rotatably attached to said shaft member at a fixed location to move said pair of retention mechanisms between a locked position where an outermost point of each of said pair of retention mechanisms extends outwardly from a respective slot and an unlocked position wherein said outermost point of each of said retention mechanisms does not extend outwardly from a respective slot, wherein said pair of retention mechanisms each include a plate portion and a protruding portion for communicating with a respective one of said slots; a biasing spring disposed below said pair of retention mechanisms for maintaining said pair of retention mechanisms in said locked position; and a spacer block having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface engaging said biasing spring and said upper surface engaging said plate portions.