Patent ID: 8192121

Claim:
A device for engaging an elongated support for restraining cargo selectively in a first container having a first width or a second container having a second width that is less than the first width and configured to transfer to shear stress at least some of the tensile force applied by the elongated support, the device comprising: a strip having a bottom strip surface with an adhesive disposed thereon for securing the device selectively to a wall of the first container or to a wall of the second container, and a top strip surface; a sleeve including four walls extending from the top strip surface generally perpendicular to the top strip surface defining a first cavity, the sleeve having a rigid platform within the first cavity surrounded by the four walls and extending substantially parallel to and spaced from the top strip surface, the platform defining within the first cavity a second cavity; and a compressible insert receivable in the second cavity, the compressible insert engaging the platform to define within the second cavity a third cavity for receiving an end of the elongated support, the compressible insert including a separable portion to be removed for reducing the size of the compressible insert and thereby increasing the size of the third cavity when being used to restrain cargo in the first container.