Patent ID: 7431547

Claim:
A restraint, comprising: a substantially L-shaped body comprising: a first end and an opposite second end; a compressible, resilient first surface; an abrasion-resistant opposite second surface, the second surface having a predetermined path extending from the first end of the L-shaped body, over a corner of the L-shaped body to the second end of the L-shaped body, a first strap engaging position on the predetermined path spaced a first predetermined distance from the first end of the L-shaped body and a second strap engaging position on the predetermined path spaced a second predetermined distance from the first end of the L-shaped body, wherein the first predetermined distance is less than the second predetermined distance, and the first strap engaging position having a height greater than height of the second strap engaging position, wherein the height of the first and second strap engaging positions are each measured relative to an imaginary straight line between the first and second strap engaging positions, wherein the imaginary line extends in a direction away from the second surface of the L-shaped body and extends above the first and second strap engaging positions.