Avery Dennison Corporation

Chiu Yan Wan

Jeffrey A Raymond

Li Yu

Jingyuan Gan

A cover for use with a tie-down anchor mounted in a locking track in an air pallet, the locking track having a channel which includes spaced upper flanges shaped to define a series of spaced apart enlarged openings separated by relatively smaller slot segments and the tie-down anchor having a pair of fixed locking studs and a movable spring-loaded locking stud. The cover comprises in one embodiment a first piece and a second piece. The first piece has a front portion sized and shaped to fit into one of the enlarged openings in the locking track and a rear portion sized and shaped to fit over the spring loaded locking stud. The first piece includes a pair of male locking parts. The second piece has a pair of studs sized and shaped to fit into two pairs of enlarged openings but not small enough to move vertically upward through the space defined by a pair of slot segments in the locking track and also includes a pair of female locking parts. When the locking parts in the two pieces are coupled together in place over the tie-down anchor, the first piece covers and prevents access to the spring loaded stud and the second piece prevents lifting up the first piece. In another embodiment, the cover includes a shroud on one piece which cooperates with a pair of wings on the other piece to prevent access to the coupling parts. In another embodiment, the cover is a unitary structure which snap-locks into place over the movable spring-loaded locking stud and the locking track.

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