Patent ID: 8591156

Claim:
A removable anchor for use in securing a load supported by a vehicle or trailer bed, the vehicle or trailer bed having one or more slots located on a cargo surface, each of the slots having a slot insertion shape and a slot locking shape, comprising: a projection member having a relatively thin elongate body and a relatively thicker distal end comprising a key, the distal end comprising the key being shaped and sized to fit into only the slot insertion shape and not the slot locking shape of the slot on the cargo surface, and the body being shaped and sized to fit into the slot locking shape; a crown attached to, or integrally forming a part of, the projection member, the crown being configured for connecting use in securing the load; the key attached to, or integrally forming a part of, the projection member, the key having a substantially different geometric configuration than the body of the projection member and being configured to be passed into the slot insertion shape where the key is in a first, removable key position in which the anchor can be readily removed from the slot, and wherein the key may be manipulated and passed through the slot insertion shape to the slot locking shape where the projection member is guided by the slot locking shape and the key is in a second, locked key position in which the anchor is retained in the slot due to a dissimilarity in shape between the slot locking shape and the key and wherein now, upon rotation of the key, the key may not be passed through even the slot insertion shape, thereby enabling the anchor to resist an external pulling force exerted on the anchor by the crown.