Patent ID: 6742973
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A carrying apparatus for the safe transportation of items in a vehicle comprisinga) a hanger device that is U-shaped with a horizontal span and two vertical spans of approximately equal lengths; b) said hanger device, having a top and a bottom, that is welded on one side to a flat steel bar that is bent into an offset U-shape whose top extends further than its bottom that allows the top to support a load; c) a hole drilled into the bottom of said flat steel bar to receive a threaded metal bolt as clamping means; d) said threaded metal bolt is attached at its bottom perpendicularly to a movable metal rod in a T configuration on the bottom of the bolt and a swivel head is crimped to the top of the bolt such that the bolt and rod securely attach the hanger device to a vertical rail inside of the vehicle to secure the device in place; e) a stretchable elastomeric fastening means that is attached to an inner portion of the horizontal span of the hanger device and is laterally stretched across the items being transported to securely hold the items in place during transport.