Patent ID: 8636450

Claim:
A tie down system for securing a vehicle tire to a wire grate having a plurality of first parallel grate wires and a second plurality of parallel grate wires transverse to the first grate wires, comprising: a slotted overlay panel for resting on top of and being secured relative to said wire grate, said overlay panel having a plurality of rectangular slots arranged in rows and columns; a clevis assembly having one end of a tire strap assembly attached thereto; a winch assembly having a winch with a mandrel for receiving an opposite end of the tire strap assembly; and each of said clevis assembly and said winch assembly having a T hook with a rectangular T portion at one end, a rectangular portion upwardly from said T portion, a rounded portion upwardly from said rectangular portion, and an upper shaft portion received and retained in a retaining aperture at a floor portion of a frame of said winch assembly and said clevis assembly.