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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1979
Michael R Burke, Mt. Carmel, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A structure serving for use in the tie-down of cargo on the bed of a truck characterized by a body member, partly threaded both externally and internally, which has been inserted into a hole drilled through the truck bed, and a further assembly including both a positioning or plug member and a nut disposed beneath the truck bed and threadedly secured to external threads on the stem of the body member. The head of the body member and the positioning member each have complementary outwardly flaring surfaces, so that, when drawn together by wrench means, the top surface of the body member is in a generally flush relationship with the surface of the truck bed adjacent the hole. The internal threads of the body member typically receive an eyehook, which, in turn, receives a rope or the like for positioning the cargo on the bed of the truck.