Patent ID: 7758095

Claim:
A method for holding at least one object in a suspended position in a vehicle having fixed inner surfaces including a lower surface and an upper surface, including the steps of: (a) providing a suspension apparatus including an elongated suspension element comprising two end portions and a central portion extending therebetween, a single tensioning mechanism mounted on the elongated suspension element, and an anchoring arrangement comprising a plurality of connection elements including static and dynamic connection elements; (b) fixing the connection elements to two connection points on the vehicle's upper surface and at least one point on the object and the lower surface of the vehicle; (c) engaging at least some of the static and dynamic connection elements with the elongated suspension element thereby holding the elongated suspension element in a predetermined spatial disposition with the possibility to be tensioned by the tensioning mechanism; the engaging of the elongated suspension element with the connection elements being in the form of static connection with each of the end portions via the static connection elements, and dynamic connection of the central portion with dynamic connection elements, the static and dynamic connection elements engaging the elongated suspension element being disposed on the object and at least two spaced apart points on the upper surface of the vehicle, whereby the central portion of the elongated suspension element is allowed to move relative to the static and dynamic connection elements when the elongated suspension element is not under tension; and (d) tensioning the elongated suspension element via the tensioning mechanism such that the object is thereby spaced from, and arrested from motion towards, the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle in the suspended position.