Patent ID: 8888064

Claim:
A coil retainer useable in a pair of coil retainers for securing a metal coil having a generally hollow cylindrical shape to a support surface using one or more tension lines, the coil retainer comprising: a core insert extending about a semi-circular arc and including a first axial side and a second axial side, the core insert being configured to be inserted into a hollow core of the metal coil so that an exterior of the core insert supports an inner annular surface of the metal coil along a semi-circular portion of a circumference of the inner annular surface, so that the first axial side is disposed at an open end of the hollow core, and so that the second axial side is disposed within the hollow core; a coil side containment wall attached to the first axial side of the core insert, extending along the arc of the core insert and projecting radially outward from the core insert, the coil side containment wall being configured to support a fiat side of the metal coil; a cross beam extending across a diameter of the arc from a first section of the core insert to a second section of the core insert, said diameter of the arc being configured to be generally parallel to the support surface; at least one chain guide attached to a center of the cross beam and configured to guide a tension line over the cross beam at a height substantially above a bottom of the inner annular surface of the metal coil and along a centerline of a coil cross section such that the tension line extends along a center of mass of the metal coil; an additional tension line and an additional coil insert; at least one chain mount attached to the cross beam and configured to secure said additional tension line to the coil retainer, the said additional tension line associated with said additional coil insert disposed on an opposite end of the metal coil such that the said additional tension line lines on a plane that includes the tension line and that is also parallel with the support surface; wherein the additional tension line engages a diametrical end of the core insert and the additional core insert to resist rolling forces of the metal coil with respect to the support surface during transport.