Patent ID: 7213731

Claim:
A hold-down for a vehicle-mounted equipment carrier having a support arm, comprising: a rigid shell member defining an interior and an outwardly extending base section; a resilient support member configured for engagement with the rigid shell member, wherein the resilient support member includes an equipment support area located exteriorly of the rigid shell member and configured to receive an item of equipment to be carried by the equipment carrier, and wherein the resilient support member includes a passage within which the support arm of the equipment carrier is received, wherein the base section of the rigid shell member is laterally offset from the equipment support area of the resilient support member; and a flexible retainer member secured to the base section of the rigid shell member, wherein the flexible retainer member is adapted to be wrapped about the item of equipment to maintain the item of equipment on the equipment support area of the resilient support member; wherein the rigid shell member and the resilient support member include interlocking structure that maintains the resilient support member in engagement with the rigid shell member, wherein the passage in the resilient support member opens onto opposed side surfaces defined by the resilient support member, and wherein the interlocking structure comprises a pair of peripheral lips, wherein each peripheral lip extends outwardly from one of the side surfaces of the support member where the passage opens onto the side surface of the support member, and wherein the rigid shell member includes a pair of openings within which the peripheral lips are received, wherein engagement of the peripheral lips within the openings functions to interlock the resilient support member and the rigid shell member.