Patent ID: 8439610

Claim:
A load securing element with a base body, comprising: a coupling portion for coupling a stop means, a support portion provided for insertion into an opening, and a connecting portion, which connects the coupling portion and the support portion to one another and thus keeps them spaced apart in such a way that a slot-like receiver is formed on the base body, which receiver is delimited at its upper side by the coupling portion, at its lower side by the support portion and at its rear by the connecting portion and is otherwise open, wherein the width of the receiver corresponds to a multiple of its height, at least one support face being formed in the region of the face of the coupling portion associated with the receiver, a support face of the support portion being associated with the support face being formed in the region of the face of the coupling portion and opposing it, a counter-bearing face being present on the side of the connecting portion remote from the receiver, said counter-bearing face, when the support portion is inserted in an opening, being used to support the base body against the edge of the respective opening, when the base body rotates under the load about a rotational axis extending through the receiver and being produced by the contact of the respective support face of the support portion or the coupling portion with the edge region surrounding the respective opening, wherein a coupling member, to which the respective tensioning or stop means can be coupled, is fastened to the coupling portion in an articulated manner, the coupling member being rotatable about a rotational axis, the imaginary extension of which penetrates the support face of the coupling portion.