Tie-down cable for vehicle beds

A tie-down cable for a vehicle bed having a front and a rear tie-down anchor, comprising:

• a cable longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends and to the front bed tie-down anchor;
• and
• a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends and to the rear bed tie-down anchor;
• at least one of said fasteners being a swivel eye snap having an eye;
• and
• said cable being threaded through said eye.

A tie-down cable assembly for a vehicle bed having two pairs of a front and a rear tie-down anchor, comprising:

• a first cable formed as a loop longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said first cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said first cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• a second cable formed as a loop longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said second cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said second cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
• and
• a chord being connected to the first cable to the second cable.

A tie-down cable assembly for a vehicle bed having two pairs of a front and a rear tie-down anchor, comprising:

• a first cable longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said first cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said first cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• a second cable longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said second cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said second cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
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• a bungee chord being connected to the first cable and to the second cable.

A tie-down cable assembly for a vehicle bed having two pairs of a front and a rear tie-down anchor, comprising:

• a first cable formed as a loop, longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed, and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said first cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said first cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the first pair;
• a second cable formed as a loop, longitudinally spanning the vehicle bed, and having two opposing ends;
• a first fastener being connected to a first of said ends of said second cable and to the front bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
• and a second fastener being connected to a second of said ends of said second cable and to the rear bed tie-down anchor of the second pair;
• a chord interconnecting said first cable and said second cable;
• a first ferrule connected to and spanning said loop of said first cable to form subloops of said first cable;
• and
• a second ferrule connected to and spanning said loop of said second cable to form subloops of said second cable;
• said chord being connected to at least one of said subloops of each of said cables.