ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,060, issued on March 18.
"Cargo strap securing assembly" was invented by Jonathan Kinney (Saugus, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo strap securing assembly includes a pair of track anchors that is each insertable into a respective one of an adjacent pair of attachment holes in a cargo track. A locking lever is pivotally coupled between the pair of track anchors and the locking lever is biased into a locking condition for retaining the cargo track in each of the engagement elements. The locking lever is urgeable into an unlocked condition to facilitate the cargo track to be removed from the engagement elements. A retainer...