Patent ID: 8091944

Claim:
A vehicle having inner surfaces including a lower surface and an upper surface, comprising an object and a suspension apparatus adapted for holding the object in a suspended position in the vehicle; the suspension apparatus comprising an elongated suspension element, an anchoring arrangement for spacing the object from, and arresting its motion towards, the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle in the suspended position, and a tensioning mechanism adapted to tension the elongated suspension element; the elongated suspension element comprising a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion extending therebetween; the anchoring arrangement comprising a plurality of connection elements including static and dynamic connection elements which are fixed to the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle and the object, at least some of which engage the elongated suspension element, thereby holding the elongated suspension element in a predetermined spatial disposition with the possibility to be tensioned by said tensioning mechanism; the engaging of the elongated suspension element with the connection elements being in the form of static connection of each of the end portions thereof with the static connection elements, and dynamic connection of the central portion thereof with each dynamic connection element, 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 each dynamic connection element engaging the elongated suspension element, when the elongated suspension element is not under tension.