Patent ID: 6092826
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
Tow strap apparatus for towing a towed vehicle with a towing vehicle comprising:a reel for attachment to the towing vehicle;a strap member extending from the reel and exhibiting a free end;a first end piece fixed to said strap member at said free end; said first end piece having portions defining an abutment edge for retaining said free end;a section of hook fastener material fixed to a first surface of the first end piece; andan opposing section of loop fastener material fixed to the same first surface of the first end piece, such that the first end piece, when wrapped around a member of the towed vehicle, presents the section of loop fastener section to be placed in fastening contact with the hook fastener section, to thereby secure the tow strap to the towed vehicle, the connection of the section of loop fastener and section of hook fastener presetting a safe break-away load by varying the amount of hook loop fastener material placed in contact with one another in an overlapping degree in anticipation of sudden braking.