Patent ID: 7481147
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: F41F

Abstract:
1. An object mounting system for an aircraft having an elongated body portion having a length, and a bottom exterior side underlying an interior area within the body portion, and opposite exterior sides extending upwardly from the bottom exterior side, said object mounting system comprising: an elongated mounting structure having a horizontally positionable central longitudinal section with outer ends to which upturned opposite longitudinal end sections of said mounting structure are secured; support structures, disposed on outer ends of said longitudinal end sections, for removably and supportingly securing objects on said longitudinal end sections; and attachment apparatus for horizontally and fixedly securing said mounting structure central longitudinal section to the bottom exterior side of the aircraft body portion in a manner such that said central longitudinal section is beneath the bottom exterior side of the aircraft body portion and longitudinally extends transversely to the length of the aircraft body portion, with said support structures being horizontally spaced outwardly apart from the exterior sides of the aircraft body portion, said attachment apparatus including a first attachment structure securable within the interior area, and a second attachment structure secured to said central longitudinal section and being attachable to said first attachment structure, a portion of said second attachment structure being extendable through at least one opening in the bottom exterior side of the aircraft.