US 2024/0383547 A1Published application

Pass-through tensioning system for cargo securement

AssigneeA Wood Products LLC

InventorsAdam Wood, Kevin Klemmt

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Abstract

Embodiments are directed toward a storage container. In some embodiments, the container includes a portable storage unit having a first opening configured to receive items to be removably stored and a second opening configured to receive the tensioner with the securing member disposed inside the portable storage unit. The proximal end portion of the tensioner has the securing member disposed internally to the storage unit while the distal end portion is configured to secure the portable storage unit to an external structure. The securing member is configured to prevent the proximal end portion of the tensioner from being pulled out of the portable storage unit through the second opening. Accordingly, the securing member being disposed inside the portable storage unit facilitates securing the portable storage unit closer to the structure.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A storage container, comprising:

a tensioner having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion having a securing member;
and
a portable storage unit having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening being configured to receive items to be removably stored in the portable storage unit, the second opening being configured to receive the tensioner with the securing member disposed inside the portable storage unit,
wherein the distal end portion of the tensioner is configured to secure the portable storage unit to an external structure,
wherein the securing member is configured to prevent the proximal end portion of the tensioner from being pulled out of the portable storage unit through the second opening, whereby the securing member being disposed inside the portable storage unit facilitates securing the portable storage unit closer to the structure than the portable storage unit would be disposed if the tensioner had an external tension adjuster disposed outside the portable storage unit and between the portable storage unit and the structure.

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A method of securing a storage container, comprising:

providing a storage container that includes:
a tensioner having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portion having a securing member;
and
a portable storage unit having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening being configured to receive items to be removably stored in the portable storage unit,
inserting the tensioner through the second opening of the portable storage unit;
coupling the distal end portion of the tensioner to the external structure;
while the securing member is disposed inside the portable storage unit and the tensioner extends through the second opening of the portable storage unit, manipulating the securing member to prevent the distal end portion of the tensioner from being pulled out of the portable storage unit through the second opening,
whereby manipulating the securing member while the securing member is disposed inside the portable storage unit facilitates securing the portable storage unit closer to the structure than the portable storage unit would be disposed if the tension adjuster had an external tension adjuster disposed outside the portable storage unit and between the portable storage unit and the structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.