US 12,459,645 B2
Toggle lock restraint for aircraft cargo handling systems
Sanjay Yadav, Bangalore (IN); and Mohinder Saini, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,968.
Claims priority of application No. 202141053044 (IN), filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150671 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 9/00 (2006.01); B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B60P 7/13 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 9/003 (2013.01) [B60P 7/08 (2013.01); B60P 7/13 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cargo restraint comprising:
a first wall comprising a first slot, wherein a first location of said first slot is disposed at a first elevation, wherein a second location of said first slot is disposed at a second elevation that is less than said first elevation, and wherein said first location and said second location are spaced along a length of said first slot and along a longitudinal dimension of said cargo restraint;
a first pawl; and
a first pivot disposed at a fixed location on said first pawl and movable along said length of said first slot, wherein said first pawl is pivotable relative to said first wall about said first pivot
wherein said first slot comprises a first slot end and a slot second end,
wherein said first slot comprises a first lower sidewall and a first upper sidewall that are spaced in at least one of a width dimension or a length dimension of said first slot and that each extend along said length of said first slot from said first slot end to said slot second end,
wherein an elevation of said first lower sidewall increases proceeding along said length of said first slot from said first slot end to said first location,
wherein said slot second end comprises said second location and is semicircular, and
wherein said first upper sidewall initially extends downwardly proceeding from said slot second end and then at least generally upwardly to define a stopper that projects into an interior of said first slot.