Patent ID: 6439815
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A fastening device adapted for tightening a rope to fasten goods on a platform of a vehicle, said fastening device comprising:a mounting sheet having upper and lower major wall surfaces opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, and adapted to have said lower major wall surface secured to and overlying the platform; and a plurality of first fastening members and a plurality of second fastening members disposed on said upper major wall surface, said first fastening members being in tandem in a first direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, said second fastening members being in tandem in a second direction transverse to both the longitudinal and first directions, each of said first and second fastening members including a connecting portion which is secured on said upper major wall surface, and an anchoring portion which includes a proximate end hinged on said connecting portion along an axis normal to the longitudinal direction, and a distal end disposed opposite to said proximate end so as to be turnable between a rest position, where said distal end lies over said upper major wall surface and extends transversely of said connecting portion, and a normal position, where said distal end extends away from and normal to said upper major wall surface such that the rope is adapted to pass through said anchoring portions of selected ones of said first and second fastening members to tense the rope for tightening the goods on said mounting sheet, wherein said mounting sheet is made of a rigid plastic material, wherein said upper major wall surface is formed with a plurality of elongate concaved portions which are arranged parallel to one another in the first direction, said first and second fastening members being disposed on said concaved portions, at least one of said first fastening members on one of said concaved portions being aligned with one of said first fastening members on another one of said concaved portions in the second direction so as to constitute said second fastening members, and wherein said concaved portions are formed with a plurality of through holes that extend respectively from said upper major wall surface through said lower major wall surface in the longitudinal direction so as to be adapted to secure said mounting sheet on the vehicle by virtue of screw fasteners.