Patent ID: 9120415
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A cargo retention assembly configured to be operationally coupled to a trailer such that said assembly retains cargo at a selected position on the trailer, said assembly comprising: a rod adapted to be coupled to said trailer; a clamp coupled to an end of said rod, said clamp configured to engage the trailer such that said rod is movably coupled to the trailer, said rod being adapted to abut the cargo on the trailer; a fastener operationally coupled to said clamp, said fastener is configured to engage said trailer such that said rod is retained at the selected position on the trailer; wherein said rod having a first end and a second end; wherein said rod being elongated between said first and second ends; wherein the rod is constructed of a first rod member and a second rod member; wherein the first rod member is slidably engaged with respect to the second rod member such that a rod length is adjustable; wherein the first rod member includes the first end thereon, and the second rod member includes the second end thereon; wherein the first rod member includes a first pinhole located on an end opposite of the first end; wherein the second rod member includes a plurality of second pinholes thereon; wherein a rod pin is used to secure the first pinhole of the first rod member to one of the plurality of second pinholes of the second rod member thereby enabling a selection of the rod length; wherein a top portion of the clamp extends laterally away from a coupling portion of the clamp; wherein the top portion of the clamp forms a right angle with respect to the coupling portion of the clamp; wherein a lateral portion of the clamp extends downwardly from the top portion of the clamp; wherein the lateral portion of the clamp is positioned on an opposite edge of the top portion of the clamp with respect to the coupling portion of the clamp; wherein a lip extends inwardly from the lateral portion of the clamp; wherein the lip is spaced downwardly from the top portion of the clamp; wherein the lip extends toward the coupling portion of the clamp; wherein the fastener extends downwardly through the top portion of the clamp; wherein a knob is coupled to a top end of the fastener.