Patent ID: 8870504

Claim:
A net comprising: a plurality of net members, and attachment devices selected from the group consisting of hooks, floor fittings, lashing lines, corner ties and tension devices, wherein the net members comprise lengths of ropes arranged in a lattice structure and having a thickness D 1 , and wherein the attachment devices are connected to the net members at respective places of connection through which loads are transmitted between the net members and the attachment devices, and wherein the attachment devices have a thickness D 2 which is larger than the thickness D 1 of the net members at least at the respective places of connection through which loads are transmitted between the net members and the attachment devices, and wherein the thicknesses D 1 and D 2 are respectively measured through a cross-section of the net members and the attachment devices perpendicular to the respective places of connection through which loads are transmitted between the net members and the attachment devices, and wherein the ratio D 2 /D 1 is at least 3.0.