Patent ID: 7329074

Claim:
A load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container, which cargo is subject to shifting forces during transport, said load restraining strip comprising: a first layer of reinforcement material having a first side and a second side and a first edge and a second edge and being composed of substantially parallel longitudinal strands extending along the length of said restraining strip; a first adhesive layer having a first side and a second side and said first side of said first adhesive layer coextensively extending along, coating and bonding to said second side of said first layer of reinforcement material; a second, parallel strand layer of reinforcement material having a first side and a second side, wherein said second side of said first adhesive layer is bonded to said first side of said second, parallel strand layer of reinforcement material; a second layer of adhesive having a first side and a second side and at least partially extending along and coating a portion of one of said first side of said first strand layer of reinforcement material and said second side of said second strand layer of reinforcement material; and a release paper extending coextensively with and releasably adhered to the second side of said second layer of adhesive, wherein said release paper may be removed from said second layer of adhesive on site and said load restraining strip releasably affixed to an interior surface of a cargo transport container such that said load restraining strip may be used as a flexible securement element to secure cargo within a transport container.