Patent ID: 6260920
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
Apparatus for the releasable attachment of an object to a movable unit, said apparatus comprising:a first engagement member having a first guiding support surface adapted to be fixed to said movable unit, anda second engagement member having a second guiding support surface adapted to cooperate with said first guiding support surface and to be fixed to said object,whereby, when engaged with each others said first and second engagement members are adapted to be centered about a common axis of symmetry,one of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an outer surface of one of said first and second engagement members and said other of said first and second guiding support surfaces comprising an inner surface of the other of said first and second engagement members,said first engagement member including a plurality of first locking members and said second engagement member including a plurality of second locking members for cooperating with said plurality of said first locking members,whereby said first and second engagement members can be adjusted between a first relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of said second locking members are disengaged, and a second relative position in which said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members are lockingly engaged, anda first adjustment member affixed to one of said first and second engagement members and second adjustment member affixed to the other of said first and second engagement members for adjusting said plurality of first locking members and said plurality of second locking members between said first and second relative positions.