Patent ID: 7410335

Claim:
A device for stabilizing a segmented cargo load on a cargo bed having side rails extending along sides of the cargo bed, the side rails having exposed upper edges, the device comprising; a first stabilizing bar having multiple telescoping bar sections extendable to span the width of the cargo bed between the side rails, said first stabilizing bar having an exposed upper edge, wherein said multiple telescoping bar sections of said first stabilizing bar comprise a fully collapsed length no greater than half of a fully extended length of said first stabilizing bar; and end clamps provided on opposing ends of said first stabilizing bar, wherein said end clamps are configured to clamp over and onto the exposed upper edges of the side rails of the cargo bed and over and onto an exposed upper edge of one or more additional stabilizing bars, wherein each of the one or more additional stabilizing bars has multiple extendable telescoping bar sections, and whereby said first stabilizing bar is configured to cooperate with the one or more additional stabilizing bars for securing segmented cargo loads in both width wise and length wise directions relative to the cargo bed.