US 12,134,288 B2
Safety chain tie down mechanism with t-pin
Brian Wayne Ward, Swartz Creek, MI (US); and Curt Nowak, Plymouth, MI (US)
Assigned to HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC., Plymouth, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/286,012
Filed by HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC., Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/056535
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/081681, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,063, filed on Oct. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387492 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/18 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B60D 1/58 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/488 (2013.01) [B60D 1/187 (2013.01); B60D 1/583 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety chain tie down assembly, comprising:
a body member comprising a body, a handle, and an anti-rotation member extending from the body member;
a pin member engageable with the body member, the pin member including a plunging portion configured to engage with a receiver of an under bed hitch mounting device;
wherein pivot motion of the plunging portion positions the pin member between an unlocked position and a locked position; and
a securing member including a lever attached to the pin member wherein actuation of the securing member positions the lever into engagement with the body member in a secured configuration.