Patent ID: 7427049
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for securing a piece of equipment to a section of aircraft floor track located on an aircraft floor, the floor track having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of holes extending through said floor track at regularly-spaced intervals along a longitudinal axis of the floor track, said apparatus comprising: a first substantially U-shaped cleat member comprising a bridge portion and pair of parallel spaced apart leg members, each of said parallel spaced apart leg members comprising a shank portion and a jaw portion, each of said shank portions having an inward facing surface and a substantially semi-cylindrical outward facing surface, each of said shank portions further comprising a fixed end and a free end, said jaw portions each comprising a lip extending radially outward from said semi-cylindrical outward facing surface of said shank portions; a second substantially U-shaped cleat member comprising a bridge portion and pair of parallel spaced apart leg members, each of said parallel spaced apart leg members comprising a shank portion and a jaw portion, each of said shank portions having an inward facing surface and a substantially semi-cylindrical outward facing surface, each of said shank portions further comprising a fixed end and a free end, said jaw portions each comprising a lip extending radially outward from said semi-cylindrical outward facing surface of said shank portions, said first and second cleat members capable of being positioned such that the inward facing surfaces of the shank portions of said first cleat member are parallel and spaced apart from the inward facing surfaces of the shank portions of said second cleat member, said inward facing surfaces defining a space therebetween; and a wedge member, said wedge member comprising a flange adapted to be inserted in the space between the inward facing surfaces of the shank portions of said first and second cleat members for forcing said cleat members outward against said floor track.