Patent ID: 8506220
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A vehicle for transporting a load by road, which vehicle comprises a cab for a driver of the vehicle and holding apparatus for holding the load on the vehicle during transport of the load, wherein the holding apparatus comprises a tether arranged to be secured to the vehicle and applied to the load, tensioning means operable to tension the secured tether into holding engagement with the load, a sensor for monitoring tension in the tether and a signalling device operatively associated with the sensor and operative to produce a warning signal when the tension is below a threshold value, to cease said warning signal when the tension reaches the threshold value during operation of the tensioning means and to produce said warning signal again if the tension subsequently falls below the threshold value, wherein said warning signal is visual and directed towards both the tensioning means, to be visible thereat by an operator of the tensioning means prior to transport of the load, and the cab of the vehicle, to be visible thereat by the driver of the vehicle during transport of the load.