Biotic Interactions in the Tropics: Dimensions of plant disease in tropical forests

The invention relates to a novel means for securing a container to the surface of a platform of either a truck trailer, a truck, a railway car, an aircraft or a ship. The containers normally contain apertures in corner castings at the bottom corners thereof, and the platforms comprise side rails at the periphery, and spaced from, the sides thereof. The device consists of a rod member, having a top and bottom portion at an angle to each other. The top portion consists of a locking member which locks the rod to the container through the aperture thereof. A sliding member fits over the bottom portion in sliding engagement therewith. The sliding member contains a hook means, on an outer surface thereof, which engages with the side rail of the platform. As the rod is secured to both the container, through the aperture, and the platform, by the side rail, the container is thus secured to the platform. The device is simple and inexpensive and can be used with no, or only minor, modifications to the container and platform.