Patent ID: 7186066

Claim:
A method of securing large rolls of compressible materials on flat transport cars, said rolls having a selected diameter, comprising the steps of: (a) placing a first set of longitudinally spaced U-shaped brackets on a transport car, each of said U-shaped brackets consisting of a horizontal cross member between a pair of vertical legs of a height no greater than said selected diameter; (b) loading a plurality of said large rolls on said cross member to define a first row of said rolls; (c) strapping said first row of rolls together; (d) repeating steps (a) and (b) with additional sets of brackets to stack a selected number of additional rows of rolls above said first row, wherein said brackets of each set are aligned with the brackets associated with the rows therebeneath with said legs connected so as to carry a significant portion of the weight of said rolls; and (e) strapping selected adjacent rows of rolls together.