Patent ID: 7367765

Claim:
A lading tie snugger system for railway cars for securing cargo comprising, in combination: lading ties formed of flexible straps with strap end pins that interface with anchor fittings; bar buckles interconnecting said straps; strap tensioning devices; a cargo net for contacting the cargo; said lading tie straps and cargo net being held in place by selected, opposed anchor pairs; said anchor pairs being contained in a pocket in the wall or floor of a railway box or flat car; said tensioning devices being used with one of a first hardware array, a second hardware array or a third hardware array; said lading tie snugger system being used is operated to remove slack in the lading ties and apply tension thereon to secure a lading to a railway car where said cargo is positioned inwardly relative to a line between anchor pairs for the first hardware array, positioned crossing a line between anchor pairs for the second hardware array and positioned toward a car end relative to a line between anchor pairs for the third hardware array.