Claims
- 1. Device for steadying loads suspended from aircraft comprising a carrier member being carried by the aircraft, at least one anchoring member being carried by the load, at least one fork-shaped hook pivotally connected to the aircraft and positioned for engaging and supporting said anchoring member, wedge members slideably mounted on said load for movement axially of the load, spring means being carried by said load and tending to move said wedge members between the face of the load and a part of the lower face of said carrier member for ensuring the steadying of the load, and which wedge members can be manually retracted from said carrier member against the action of said spring means.
- 2. Device according to claim 1 including spring blades carried by said load, pins each carried by one of said spring blades and extending laterally of one of said wedge members, and said wedge members each having a bore positioned for receiving one of said pins when said wedge member is in its retracted position for detachably maintaining said wedge member in said retracted position.
Priority Claims (1)
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72.20897 |
Jun 1972 |
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Parent Case Info
The present application is a division from our copending application Ser. No. 366,054, filed June 1, 1973 and now U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,201 dated Oct. 8, 1974.
US Referenced Citations (3)
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3268188 |
LaRoe et al. |
Aug 1966 |
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3635162 |
Lohkamp et al. |
Jan 1972 |
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3784132 |
Newell |
Jan 1974 |
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Divisions (1)
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366054 |
Jun 1973 |
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