Patent ID: 7530626

Claim:
Safety equipment for use on a trailer for transporting cargo, the trailer having a bed structure for supporting the cargo, a length, a width transverse to the length, and a periphery surrounding the bed structure and defined by first and second lengthwise edges and first and second widthwise edges of the trailer, the safety equipment comprising: an arm having an articulating portion; means for selectively securing the arm to the periphery of the trailer; means associated with the arm for enabling the articulating portion thereof to pivot in a plane toward and away from the first widthwise edge of the trailer; means for securing the articulating portion at any one of a plurality of articulated positions; a post extending from the arm in a direction transverse to the pivot plane of the articulating portion; a cable having a first portion thereof secured to the post; and means for securing a second portion of the cable at the second widthwise edge of the trailer such that the cable extends along a lengthwise direction of the trailer.