Patent ID: 7306416
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A cargo restraint device for resisting movement of cargo items on a vehicle floor or cargo bed surface, comprising: a cargo restraint device having a generally flat base member having a generally octagonal configuration with four opposed parallel longer sides and four opposed parallel shorter sides, a textured slip-resistant bottom surface adapted to be supported on the vehicle floor or cargo bed surface and a top surface for receiving at least a portion of a cargo item; a hollow upright upper body portion enclosed at a bottom end by said base member including four generally rectangular hollow upright members that extend upwardly from the top surface of said base member and inwardly from the outer periphery thereof and intersect at a center portion in a generally cross-shaped configuration as seen from the top defining an interior cavity for receiving a heavy material; each said upright member having a common top wall that extends horizontally outwardly a distance from said center portion in a contiguous cross shape, an outer wall that extends angularly upward and inward from a respective said shorter side of said base member, and opposed side walls that adjoin said common top wall and said outer wall for abutting the cargo item; an opening in communication with said interior cavity for introducing the heavy material into said cavity to provide weight and increase the frictional engagement of said base member bottom surface with the vehicle floor or cargo bed surface on which it is supported and resistance to relative sliding movement therebetween; and a closure member removably engaged with said opening.