Patent ID: 6135534
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A tarpaulin hold down for use on a flexible sheet used to cover a rectangular box having a pair of opposite end walls and a pair of opposite first and second side walls, said box having a top opening adjacent the upper edges of said end and side walls, with said flexible sheet having first and second opposite edges and being anchored at said first edge to the first of said side walls adjacent said upper edge, said flexible sheet having a elongated shaft anchored about said second edge, said sheet being positioned so as to be rolled about said shaft to expose said box opening or to be unrolled from said shaft to cover said box opening with said tarpaulin hold down comprising:a plurality of substantially rigid cleats fixably fastened to said elongated shaft used to roll and unroll said flexible sheet with said cleats extending outwardly from said elongated shaft at a fixed angle; anda plurality of plate sections having at least one cleat cog means extending outward from each of said plate sections, said plate sections being fixedly attached to the second box side wall with each of said plate sections of said cleat cogs means being in line with said cleats so as to allow said cleats to engage said cleat cog means when said flexible sheet is in an unrolled position.