Patent ID: 6213696
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B60N,B60P,B60R,B61D

Abstract:
A cargo restraint for attachment to a member to which a cargo is to be tethered comprising, in combination:an anchor bracket adapted to overlie a surface of the member to which the cargo restraint is to be attached;a fastener projecting through the anchor bracket for attaching the same to said member;said bracket formed to provide a generally cylindrical passageway interrupted by a gap defined by axially spaced apart edges of the bracket surrounding the passageway;a stiffly resilient cargo ring having a pair of opposed linearly extending end portions for reception in said cylindrical passageway and terminating in opposed spaced apart cold-headed ends; andsaid cold-headed ends disposed in said gap to prevent withdrawal of the ring from the passageway, and tensioned linearly apart and against the axially spaced apart edges of the bracket to prevent rattling when the restraint is not subjected to a cargo loading.