Patent ID: 6725582
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: E02F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly for locking a first workpiece mountable on to a second workpiece, wherein said first workpiece has an opening adapted to allow a locking pin to pass therethrough, said opening being cooperatively disposed with respect to a pin receiving means in said second workpiece when said first workpiece is mounted on said second workpiece, at least one of said first and second workpieces having a recess to receive a pin carrier, said assembly comprising:a) a locking pin adapted to pass through said opening and be received by said pin receiving means when said first workpiece is mounted on said second workpiece; b) a pin carrier receivable in said recess, said pin carrier having a pin receiving orifice and alignable with both said opening and said pin receiving means when said first workpiece is mounted on said second workpiece; and c) magnetic means on said locking pin and/or said pin carrier to magnetically attract the locking pin and the pin carrier.