a cargo locking device for locking of freight in a vehicle such as the stowage of containers or pallets in aircraft in which track connectors , namely the tensile studs are arranged in such a manner that tensile load is distributed between the floor beams . the cargo lock has a lock length about equal to or exceeding the transverse beam pitch , the tensile studs being placed in groups at both ends of the lock and the pawls in the middle of the lock such that pawl loads are split between the forward and the aft stud .