Patent ID: 7503720

Claim:
A holder and a panel in an aircraft, the holder for securing the panel to a structure attached to the holder, the holder comprising: an elongated mounting section having a first end and a second end; a pin bracket positioned on the second end and comprising a pin aperture for receiving a pin; an elongated shoe receiving section having a third end and a fourth end; a hinge pivotally connecting the first end and the third end; the panel including a pin protruding from the panel and configured to be engageable with the pin aperture in the pin bracket; the hinge configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position, and positioned and configured to fixedly connect in the closed position the second end and the fourth end, wherein in the open position, the mounting section freely pivots relative to the shoe receiving section, and wherein in the closed position, the mounting section and the shoe receiving section are fixedly connected to one another; a longitudinally extending slot positioned in the fourth end, the slot configured to receive the pin such that when the holder is in the closed position, a first side of the pin adjacent the panel is slidably received in the slot and a second side of the pin is in engagement with the pin aperture in the pin bracket; and the panel further including a shoe positioned on the panel, the shoe comprising a shoe aperture positioned and configured such that the shoe is slideable onto the shoe receiving section by passing the shoe receiving section longitudinally through the shoe aperture, wherein when the holder is in the open position, the shoe receiving section is slideable longitudinally through the shoe aperture in the shoe such that the pin is received in the slot, and wherein when the holder is in the closed position, the shoe is secured on the holder on the shoe receiving section between the hinge and the pin such that the pin and the pin bracket are in engagement with each other.