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Latching mechanism for securing shipping containers on transport vehicles

  • US 5,613,814 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1995
  • Issued: 03/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Latching mechanism for retaining a shipping container on a transport vehicle comprising a fixed support, a latch member for engagement with a latching receptacle, mounting means for mounting said latch member on said fixed support for permitting movement in both a rotational direction and in another direction other than the rotational direction from a latched position to a released position and then back into said latched position as said latch member engages with and latches to said latching receptacle, and a spring yieldably urging said latch member toward said latched position, said mounting means including a pivot pin mounted on said fixed support, said latch member including a pivot surface slidably engaging said pivot pin and a limit surface, said pivot pin sliding along said pivot surface toward said limit surface as the latch member moves from said latched position to said released position and away from said limit surface as the latch member moves from said released position to said latched position, said mounting means including an alignment pin mounted on said fixed support, said latch member including an aperture receiving said alignment pin, said aperture having an obliquely extending camming surface engaging said alignment pin.

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