Patent ID: 7201550

Claim:
A lashing device for securing a load to a loading floor in a transport conveyance, said lashing device comprising a housing ( 5 ) having a housing wall including opposite housing wall sections, a lashing bail ( 2 ) having two interconnected legs ( 3 , 4 ) at least one journal pin ( 9 ) journaling said lashing bail ( 2 ) in said housing ( 5 ), a mounting member ( 7 ) rigidly mounted in said housing ( 5 ), said mounting member ( 7 ) comprising a mounting rail profile ( 8 ) configured and adapted for securing at least one interconnecting element to said mounting member ( 7 ) for locking a load through said mounting member to said loading floor when said lashing bail ( 2 ) is tilted into a recessed position in said housing ( 5 ), whereby said mounting rail profile ( 8 ) of said mounting member ( 7 ) is accessible for said securing of said at least one interconnecting element, and wherein said mounting member ( 7 ) comprises a mounting block positioned between said two interconnected legs ( 3 , 4 ) of said lashing bail ( 2 ) in said housing ( 5 ), said mounting block comprising a bore ( 10 ) in axial alignment with said at least one journal pin ( 9 ) wherein said at least one journal pin ( 9 ) is mounted in said opposite housing wall sections ( 6 , 6 ′) of said housing ( 5 ) and in said mounting block ( 7 ) and passes through a respective end of each of said two interconnected legs ( 3 , 4 ).