Patent ID: 7992797
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
1. An anchor for use in connecting a component to track rail, comprising: a first body member having a first rail contact surface for engaging a first rail surface; a second body member having a second rail contact surface for engaging a second rail surface and receiving channel for receiving an insertion end of the first body member, wherein said first and second body members are slidably connected for movement between an open position and a closed position; a spring pawl attached to said insertion end of said first body member, said spring pawl having a flexible body wherein a free end of said flexible body is compressed against an engagement surface of the second body member as said first and second body members slide relative to one another between said open position and said closed position, wherein said flexible body of said spring pawl is disposed at an acute angle relative to said engagement surface and where said acute angle has a first component that is in a direction opposite of a direction of movement of said first and second members between said open position and said closed position wherein said pawl permits movement between said body members in substantially a single direction and wherein said pawl is adapted to engage said engagement surface to fix a relative position of said first and second body members continuously between said open position and said closed position.