Cargo strap with load status transmitter
AssigneeTolley Technologies, LLC
InventorsCory L. Tolley, Darcy N. Tolley, Daphne M. Johnson, Paul E. Johnson
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Abstract
A strap system comprising a first strap extending between a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to a first attachment mechanism. The strap system further comprises a second strap extending between a third end and a fourth end. The fourth end is connected to a second attachment mechanism. The strap system comprises a load transmission device connected to the second end of the first strap and to the third end of the second strap. The load transmission device is arranged to transmit a signal in response to a tension force in the first and second straps falling below a threshold force.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising:
- a first body attached to a first fastening mechanism;
- a second body attached to a second fastening mechanism, the second body including an end panel;
- a first stop disposed within the second body and having a first surface adjacent the end panel and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first stop includes a first hole extending therethrough;
- a second stop disposed within the second body and having a third surface adjacent the end panel and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, wherein the second stop includes a second hole extending therethrough;
- first and second shafts that couple the first body to the second body, wherein the first shaft includes a first end attached to the first body, the first shaft extending through the end panel, through the first hole in the first stop to a second end attached to a plate, the plate in face-to-face alignment with the second surface, and wherein the second shaft includes a third end attached to the first body, the second shaft extending through the end panel, through the second hole in the second stop to a fourth end attached to the plate, the plate in face-to-face alignment with the fourth surface;
- a spring positioned between a first surface of the plate and the end panel;
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- a switch mechanism disposed proximate a second surface of the plate, wherein the second surface of the plate is opposite the first surface of the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.