GB1217487A - Container attachment means - Google Patents

Abstract

1,217,487. Stud and socket fastenings. BODEN TRAILERS Ltd. 12 March, 1968, No. 11917/68. Addition to 1,217,486. Heading E2B. A container, attachment means comprises a fastening member adapted to be removably located selectively within one of a series of apertures in a container-supporting member, said fastening member including a pin 56 adapted to pass through said aperture, an elongated block 55 attached to one end of said pin and having such dimensions that it cannot pass through said aperture and a lever arm 57 pivotally attached to near the other end of said pin and movable between a first position in which it is aligned with said pin such that said fastening member can be removed from said aperture, and a second position in which it is misaligned with said pin thus preventing removal of said fastening member, said lever arm being movable in its mis-aligned position thus to rotate said pin and said block whereby the latter is arranged to fasten and unfasten a container to be supported, characterised in that there is provided a spacer 70 rotatably mounted on said fastening member, and adapted to rest on said container-supporting member thereby to support a container such that the latter is held in spaced relationship with said supporting member. In the construction shown the spacer is formed as a rectangular block having cut away portions 72 in its side and end walls and one face 73 is raised to act as a register means to be located in an appropriate aperture in the container corner casting; on the opposite face is a further raised portion 74 which is substantially elliptical in shape and adapted to engage a recess 52 in the upper surface of a supporting member.