Patent ID: 8757946

Claim:
A cargo restraint apparatus comprising: a track, having a plurality of engagement holes at intervals and two inclined guide troughs; and a fastener comprising: a seat, being provided with a sliding trough perpendicular to the track and a passage connected to an end of the sliding trough; two guide plates, separately fixed on two sides of the seat, and each having an inclined guide tongue toward the track, wherein the two guide tongues are separately slidably received in the guide troughs; an insert, received in the sliding trough, and having a shaft located in the passage; a lever, pivoted on the seat, wherein a handle end and an action end are separately defined on two opposite ends of the lever, and the action end is formed with an oval hole pivoted to the shaft; and a spring, having a first end against the seat and a second end against the handle end of the lever; wherein the insert is normally engaged in one of the engagement holes by pressure from the spring, and the insert is pulled up to escape from the engagement hole when the lever is moved.