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Container restraint release

  • US 4,555,133 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1983
  • Issued: 11/26/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A retainer/release mechanism for air dropped cargo restrained by straps comprising:

  • a frame;

    a fixed arm attached to said frame;

    a release arm, having first and second ends, pivotally attached to said frame at a point intermediate said first and second ends and having a cam mating surface near said second end and oriented generally opposite and spaced from said fixed arm;

    means to restrain and release said release arm;

    a restraint arm, adapted to receive said strap, pivotally attached at one end of said fixed arm and having the free end terminating in a cam surface which engages said cam mating surface on said release arm when said release arm is restrained so as to bridge between said fixed arm and said release arm and not engage said cam mating surface when said release arm is released; and

    means to provide a side load on said second end of said release arm tending to rotate said second end of said release arm away from said fixed arm.

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