Patent ID: 8622469

Claim:
An apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle, comprising: an elongated frame configured to be mounted within the vehicle, the frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a clamp member mounted to the elongated frame at or near the first end of the elongated frame, and an elongated base member movably mounted to the elongated frame between the clamp member and the second end of the elongated frame, the elongated base member including a curved portion having a support surface defining a curvature and a linear portion between the curved portion and the clamp member with one end of the curved portion coupled to one end of the linear portion, the elongated base member movable relative to the elongated frame between an object transition position in which a free end of the linear portion extends outwardly away from the elongated frame and the curved portion retracts upwardly toward the clamp member along a path defined by the curvature to allow the object to be received between, and removed from between, the clamp member and the support surface of the elongated base member, and an object retaining position in which the free end of the linear portion is positioned adjacent to the frame and the curved portion extends outwardly from the frame with the object retained by the apparatus between the clamp member and the support surface of the elongated base member.