Patent ID: 9630549
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A multipoint tie-down formed of EPDM for reducing movement of a load with respect to a support system, the tie-down comprising: a central hub having a plurality of elongate arms that are molded from EPDM as a single unit with the central hub; the plurality of elongate arms are elastomeric and extend radially outward from the central hub; connectors are secured to the plurality of elongate arms and facilitate mounting the tie-down to the support system, the central hub being non-spherical and having a circular perimeter, and a material thickness of the central hub at a center point thereof is at least as great as a material thickness of the elongate arms to facilitate maintaining and distributing an at least a substantially balanced amount of tension between the plurality of elongate arms; and the plurality of elongate arms are stretchable when tension is placed on the multipoint tie-down, and the plurality of elongate arms are aligned with respect to each other to at least substantially balance the tension placed on the multipoint tie-down, and the material thickness of the central hub is greatest at the center point thereof and continually reduces from the material thickness at the center point to a material thickness at the perimeter of the central hub.