Patent ID: 7618081

Claim:
A cargo containment apparatus for a convertible vehicle, the vehicle having at least a partially removable top and a roll bar, the roll bar having at least four upright bar members, wherein the bar members are disposed near the periphery of the cargo area of the vehicle such that the roll bar approximately defines the interior cargo space of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first panel for attachment to the driver's side roll bar uprights and second panel for attachment to the passenger's side roll bar uprights, each panel comprising: a flexible netting material; a first and second forward flexible strap extending beyond the forward edge of the netting material, wherein each forward strap includes a tensioning device through which the strap is woven such that a loop having sufficient diameter to encircle one of the forward roll bar uprights is formed; and a first and second rearward flexible strap extending beyond the rearward edge of the netting material, wherein each rearward strap includes a releasable buckle and a tensioning device through which the strap is woven such that a loop having sufficient diameter to encircle one of the rearward roll bar uprights is formed; and a third panel for releasable attachment to the rearward strap releasable buckles of the first and second panels, the third panel comprising: a flexible netting material; a first and second driver's side attachment device extending from the driver's side edge of the flexible netting material, each attachment device for releasably coupling with a corresponding releasable buckle on the first panel; and a first and second passenger's side attachment device extending from the passenger's side edge of the flexible netting material, each attachment device for releasably coupling with a corresponding releasable buckle on the second panel.