Patent ID: 6065916
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A free-standing device for stabilizing a normally unstable article during vehicular transport, said stabilizing resulting from securing said article to an upper surface of the device, said device comprising:a base member comprised of a plurality of interconnected elongated members forming a portion of a relatively flat horizontally-rigid frame, the horizontal dimensions of which base member are greater than the horizontal base dimensions of said article;a webbing stretched over said frame and tautened relatively thereto, said webbing being associated with said frame and having the elongated members thereof being interwoven therewith; andsaid webbing further having openings therein over essentially the entire surface of the device whereby a plurality of stretchable tie-down cords having hooks at their opposite ends may be hooked into a first part of said webbing through said openings, tensioned over the article and then hooked into other openings in the webbing on the opposite side of said article, to lash said article to said device in order to stabilize it against tumbling, sliding or shifting during vehicular transport.