Baggage restraint system

A restraint system for the containment of baggage to within at least the space occupied by two or more successive seats in a commercial passenger vehicle, comprising:

• (a) an enclosure comprising:
• (i) an essentially vertical aisle-side wall;
• (ii) an essentially vertical or an inclined front wall;
• (iii) an essentially vertical or an inclined back wall;
• (iv) an essentially horizontal top wall;
• (b) a plurality of depending loops or grommet eyes, disposed longitudinally adjacent the bottom edge of said aisle-side wall, each of which loops or grommet eyes being susceptible to engagement by a linking means;
• (c) a plurality of depending loops or grommet eyes, disposed longitudinally adjacent the windows-side edge of said top wall, each of which loops or grommet eyes being susceptible to engagement by a linking means;
• (d) a plurality of anchor tabs, each of which tabs having a base section and a flange extending therefrom, said base section having at least one hole bored therethrough, by which it may be affixed to the cabin floor or wall of a target vehicle;
• said flange having an opening formed therethrough, which flange being susceptible to engagement by a linking means;
• (e) a plurality of adjustable straps, each of which straps being formed with a loop at both ends thereof, each of which loops being susceptible to engagement by a linking means;
• (f) a plurality of linking means, capable of readily engaging and disengaging parts offering contiguous engagement loci;
• wherein, for deployment in a given target vehicle, said enclosure is dimensioned and shaped to closely envelope a predetermined number of seats in said target vehicle;
• wherein, prior to deployment, each of said anchor tabs is affixed to the cabin floor of said target vehicle, on the aisle side of each seat to be encased;
• and wherein, upon deployment, each of said anchor tabs is linked by said linking means to one of said depending loops or grommet eyes on the aisle side, while each of said adjustable straps is linked proximally to one of said depending loops or grommet eyes on the windows-side, and linked distally to any convenient fixed frame member on the windows side of the nearest encased seat.