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Cargo tie-down system

US6851902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 2002
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61D45/001
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo restraint system comprising, a network of restraining tie-down arms having interconnected common proximal extremities and a plurality of distal extremities, said network arranged to form an angle between each arm, the vertex of said angle being congruent with the common proximal extremities, with a first fastener secured to the arms at the vertex of the angle and a second fastener secured to each of the distal extremities of the arms. Preferably, each of the arms carries a third fastener or connecting eye intermediate the first and second fasteners.

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