Patent ID: 7044700

Claim:
A strapping system for an elongate deck supported for rolling movement along the ground in a longitudinal direction of the deck for transporting loads supported thereon, the system comprising: a pair of elongate rollers; a frame for supporting the rollers parallel to one another to extend in the longitudinal direction of the deck spaced above the deck, each roller being supported on the frame for rotation about a respective longitudinal axis; strapping members, each secured to a respective one of the rollers at respective inner ends thereof and spanning outwardly to respective free outer ends thereof; anchors supported at the free outer ends of the respective strapping members for securing the strapping members along respective sides of the deck; and a tightening mechanism coupled to the rollers to rotate the rollers for tensioning the strapping members spanning between the rollers and the respective sides of the deck when the strapping members are rolled onto the respective rollers.