Cargo positioning device with quick retraction and reliable retaining function

Patent 5947666 Issued on September 7, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 19, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Huang, Han-Ching

Application

No. 174853 filed on 10/19/1998

US Classes:

410/151, Wall-to-wall force fit; or having wall piercing end410/143Brace bar, wall-to-wall

Examiners

Primary: Gordon, Stephen T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Baxley, Esq.; Charles E.

International Class

B60P 007/15

Abstract

A cargo positioning device includes an outer tube having a base fixed to an end thereof, a rack-like inner tube having an end slidably received in the outer tube, a gear rotatably supported by the base and meshed with the rack-like inner tube, a handle having an end pivotally connected to the base, and a catch member releasably engaged with a ratchet wheel that is formed on a side of the gear. The handle can be retained in either a first retaining position to prevent from rotation of the gear or a second retaining position to allow rapid outstretching or retraction of the inner tube away from or into the outer tube. The handle is also operable to allow outstretching of the inner tube.