Patent ID: 8545149

Claim:
A netting arrangement for a cargo hold in an airplane having one or more first cargo hold fixation points and one or more second cargo hold fixation points, the netting arrangement comprising: at least one netting including a plurality of circumferential netting fixation points formed on an edge side of the netting, and one or more adapters for securing the netting in the cargo hold, each adapter is adapted to be secured to at least a first cargo hold fixation point of the cargo hold and a second cargo hold fixation point of the cargo hold so as to divert a load applied to the adapter into the first and second cargo hold fixation points of the cargo hold to which the adapter is attached, the adapter arranged in the path of force between the netting fixation points formed on the edge side of the netting and the cargo hold fixation points of the cargo hold, each adapter comprising at least one adapter-side fixation point for attachment to a netting fixation point to secure the netting to the adapter, the netting fixation points being arranged in a plane identical with the plane of the adapter-side fixation points, independently of the load applied on the netting, and when in the condition where no load is applied on the netting, the netting is situated in the same plane as the adapter-side fixation points, wherein the netting is adapted to be circumferentially fixed in the cargo hold by the combination of the first and second cargo hold fixation points of the cargo hold and the adapter-side fixation points of the adapters.