US 12,503,056 B2Granted

Locking cargo restraint with multiple retracting cables

AssigneeMobren, Inc.

InventorsMonty Queener, Brian Kirk, Erik Nolte

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Abstract

A locking cargo restraint with multiple retracting cables is provided for securing cargo to a base, surface, or object. The locking cargo restraint is generally composed of a housing, retractable cables, and spools. The cables may be spooled within the housing to take up slack for storage of the device or to provide tension when cargo is being secured. The spools are spring biased to assist the user in pulling the cables into the housing. The cables are independently operable, allowing the operator to secure symmetrical or irregularly shaped objects. The locking cargo restraint also features a mode selection knob that can effectuate different modes of operation of the device such that the cables may be extended from the housing, retracted into the housing, or tightened about cargo. Further, the device includes a lock mechanism that, when engaged, limits the operation of the mode selection knob.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A locking cargo restraint device for use of anchoring at least one item to a surface, the locking cargo restraint comprising:

a case body that defines an interior region, the case body including two or more apertures extending from the interior region to an exterior region of the case body;
two or more cable members, each of the two or more cable members including a first end and a second end;
wherein the first end of each of the two or more cable members is contained within the interior region of the case body;
wherein the second end of a first cable member of the two or more cable members extends outside the case body through a first aperture of the two or more apertures, and the second end of a second cable member of the two or more cable members extends outside the case body through a second aperture of the two or more apertures;
a respective connector affixed to the second end of each of the two or more cable members for attaching each of the two or more cable members to a surface;
two or more spool members secured within the interior region of the case body;
wherein a first spool of the two or more spool members is mechanically connected with the first cable member, and wherein a second spool of the two or more spool members is mechanically connected with the second cable member;
wherein as one spool member of the two or more spool members rotates in a first direction, its respective cable member winds around the spool member;
wherein as one spool member of the two or more spool members rotates in a second direction, its respective cable member unwinds from the spool member;
a tensioner assembly secured within the interior of the case body that engages the two or more spool members to rotate the two or more spool members in the first direction;
and
a selector assembly secured within the interior of the case body for preventing rotation of the two or more spool members in the first direction when a mode selection knob is placed in a first position and for preventing the rotation of the two or more spool members in the second direction when the mode selection knob is placed in a second position.

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A locking cargo restraint device for use of anchoring at least one item to a surface, comprising:

a case body that defines an interior region, the case body including two or more apertures extending from the interior region to an exterior region of the case body;
a first cable member and a second cable member, each of the first cable member and the second cable member including a first end and a second end;
at least a first spool and a second spool, each spool having a cavity in an interior portion of the spool, and each spool secured to the interior region of the case body
wherein when the first spool rotates in a first direction, the first cable member winds within the first spool,
wherein when the first spool rotates in a second direction, the first cable member unwinds within the first spool,
wherein when the second spool rotates in the first direction, the second cable member winds within the second spool, and
wherein when the second spool rotates in the second direction, the second cable member unwinds within the second spool;
wherein the first end of the first cable member extends through a first aperture of the two or more apertures, and the first end of the second cable member extends through a second aperture of the two or more apertures;
wherein the second end of the first cable member is in mechanical connection with the first spool and the second end of the second cable member is in mechanical connection with the second spool;
and
a tensioner assembly secured within the interior of the case body that engages with the first spool and the second spool to selectively cause each of the spools to rotate;
and
a selector assembly that selectively prevents rotation of the first spool and the second spool in the first direction while allowing rotation in the second direction, or prevents rotation of the first spool and the second spool in the second direction while allowing rotation in the first direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/759,333Filed 22 Jan 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 24 Jan 2020
Published: US 2023/0073654 A19 Mar 2023
Granted: 23 Dec 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B60R 9/048
Carriers associated with vehicle roof: carriers characterised by article-gripping , -covering,-retaining, or -locking means
B60P 7/06
Securing or covering of load on vehicles: securing of load
B65H 54/585
Swifts or reels adapted solely for the formation of hanks or skeins: reels for rolling tape-like material, e.g. flat hose or strap, into flat…
B65H 59/04
By regulating delivery of material from supply package: by devices acting on package or support