Patent ID: 7435043

Claim:
An air cargo vertical restraint assembly comprising: a vertical restraint support bracket comprising: a handle member having a handle axis (H); and a housing connected to the handle member, the housing comprising an upper surface having an upper opening therein, the upper opening leading to a housing bore extending along a housing bore axis (T); wherein: a rear portion of the housing upper surface is provided with a pair of spaced apart stops; and a side wall of the housing bore is provided with a pair of spaced apart bosses; and a vertical restraint member comprising: a head portion having a first longitudinal axis (A); and a shaft connected to the head portion, the shaft having a second longitudinal axis (S) that intersects the first longitudinal axis; wherein: the head portion has a forwardmost portion that is laterally offset from the first longitudinal axis; and a bottom surface of the head portion is convex, symmetrically curved about the first longitudinal axis and has a lowest point that is horizontally aligned with said first longitudinal axis; wherein: the vertical restraint member is configured to be received into the housing bore of the vertical restraint support bracket.