Cargo restraint system
OwnerMatthew Bullockinventor
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Abstract
A load restraint system for securing cargo within transport containers such as intermodal containers (10), railroad cars, truck trailers, and the like, including first and second load restraining strips (24) with an adhesive coating (30) on at least a portion of one surface of the strips for adherence to sidewalls of a container and a locking and load restraining strip for bonding the free ends of the first and second load restraining strips (24) together into a load restraining system wherein the width of the adhesive portion (30) of the load restraining system is less than the width of the wrap around section of the load restraint system.
Claims12
A load restraining system for securing cargo within a transport container during transport, which cargo is subject to shifting forces, said load restraining system comprising:
- a first load restraining strip having a first side and a second side, said strip being pliant and flexible while concomitantly resistant to axial lengthening under tension loading, said strip being operable to engage, at one end, an interior wall surface of the transport container and to extend at the other end at least partially across a face of cargo to be restrained within the container to secure the cargo, in situ, and prevent in transit shifting of the cargo against itself or against a wall or door surface of the transport container;
- said first side of said strip being coated, at least at said one end with an adhesive for adhering said one end of said strip to the interior wall surface of the transport container;
- a release paper extending coextensively with and releasably adhering to said adhesive applied to said first side, at least at said one end, of said first load restraining strip;
- said one end of said first load restraining strip having a width dimension that is less than the width dimension of said other end of said first load restraining strip;
- a second load restraining strip having a first side and a second side said second strip being pliant and flexible while concomitantly resistant to axial lengthening under tension loading, said second strip being operable to engage, at one end, an interior wall surface of the transport container and to extend at the other end at least partially across a face of cargo to be restrained within the container to secure the cargo, in situ, and prevent in transit shifting of the cargo against itself or against a wall or door surface of the transport container;
- said first side of said second strip being coated, at least at said second strip one end with an adhesive for adhering said one end of said second strip to an interior wall surface of the transport container;
- a release paper extending coextensively with and releasably adhering to said second strip adhesive applied to said first side, at least at said one end, of said second load restraining strip;
- said one end of said second load restraining strip having a width dimension that is less than the width dimension of said other end of said second load restraining strip;
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- the other, wider, end of said first load restraining strip extending at least partially across the load and the other, wider, end of said second load restraining strip extending at least partially across the load and being secured and joining with said other end of first load restraining strip at a junction location to restrain cargo within the transport container.
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