Patent ID: 7214015

Claim:
An apparatus for lashing a structural component to a loading floor, of a transport conveyance, said apparatus comprising a lashing channel ( 18 ) including two channel side walls ( 36 ) and a channel bottom plate ( 37 ) interconnecting said channel side walls, a plurality of lashing devices ( 10 ) mounted spaced from one another at recessed lashing positions in said lashing channel ( 18 ) for lashing freight items to said loading floor, each of said plurality of lashing devices ( 10 ) comprising a base ( 14 ) and a lashing bail ( 11 ) journalled to said base ( 14 ), a channel cover removably secured to said base ( 14 ), and a recess ( 35 ) in said channel cover, said recess ( 35 ) being dimensioned and positioned to receive said lashing bail ( 11 ) when said lashing bail is tilted into said recess ( 35 ).