Cargo freight partition

• US 5,121,958 A
• Filed: 06/17/1991
• Issued: 06/16/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Linda M. Goeden, Mark J. Goeden
• Original Assignee: Linda M. Goeden, Mark J. Goeden
• Inventors: Goeden, Mark J., Goeden, Linda M.
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/716,503
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.1, 296/37.16, 296/24.1, 410/117, 410/118
• US Class Current: 296/37.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/005 Nets or elastic pockets tensioned against walls or backrests

Abstract

A cargo net for a passenger vehicle is described as being formed of a substantially rectangular netting fabric to fit the rear compartment opening of a van, mini-van or the like passenger vehicle with a length of nylon webbing material affixed to its perimeter. A plurality of hook and loop fasteners are used to secure the cargo net to the vehicle structure, which permit separation at selected points around its periphery for access to speciific cargo articles without having to detach the entire cargo net. In one embodiment, two D-rings are described to cooperate with two tension adjusting straps, formed of hook and loop fasteners, to adjust and vary the tension between the cargo net and the articles being restrained.

Claims

1. A cargo net for restraining articles within a passenger vehicle, comprising:

netting fabric means to be disposed in a substantially vertical plane and formed of a predetermined size and shape to fit an area within a passenger vehicle;

nylon webbing means attached to said netting fabric means around substantially its periphery;

preselected parts of hook and loop fasteners attached to said nylon webbing means at predetermined spaced apart locations along the sides and bottom and corresponding parts of the hook and loop fasteners attached to corresponding portions of the vehicle; and

tension adjusting means attached between said nylon webbing means and said passenger vehicle.

2. A cargo net as defined by claim 1 wherein said hook and loop fasteners are attached to said nylon webbing means by stitching.

3. A cargo net as defined by claim 1 wherein said hook and loop fasteners are attached to said nylon webbing means by adhesive means.

4. A cargo net as defined by claim 1 wherein said preselected part of said hook and loop fasteners is affixed to said passenger vehicle by adhesive means.

5. A cargo net as defined by claim 1 wherein said preselected part of said hook and loop fasteners is affixed to said passenger vehicle by mechanical means.

6. A cargo net as defined by claim 5 wherein said mechanical means includes threaded screw means.

7. A cargo net as defined by claim 1 wherein said tension adjusting means includes ring means affixed to said passenger vehicle for cooperation with strap means attached to said nylon webbing means.

8. A cargo net as defined by claim 7 wherein said ring means is in the form of a D-ring means affixed to said passenger vehicle.

9. A cargo net as defined by claim 7 wherein said strap means includes hook and loop fastening means at spaced apart locations along its length.

10. A cargo net for restraining articles within a passenger vehicle, comprising:

flexible sheet means to be disposed in a substantially vertical plane and formed of a preselected transparent material and of a preselected shape to fit an area having sides and a bottom within said passenger vehicle;

reinforcing means attached to said flexible sheet means around at least predetermined portions of said preselected shape;

preselected parts of said hook and loop fastener means attached to said reinforcing means at predetermined spaced apart locations along the sides and bottom portion of said flexible sheet means and the corresponding parts of said hook and loop fastener means to be attached to corresponding portions of said sides and bottom of said area within said passenger vehicle for removably attaching said flexible sheet means;

first means affixed to said passenger vehicle at a preselected height defining an upper limit of said area within said passenger vehicle; and

second means affixed to said flexible sheet means at a predetermined part of said shape for supporting said sheet means in said area when attached to said first means.

11. A cargo net as defined by claim 10 wherein said preselected transparent material forming said flexible sheet means is a netting material.

12. A cargo net as defined by claim 10 wherein said first means affixed to said passenger vehicle is in the form of a D-ring.

13. A cargo net as defined by claim 10 wherein said second means affixed to said flexible sheet means is a strap formed to act with said first means for supporting said sheet means in said area.

14. A cargo net as defined by claim 10 wherein said first means is in the form of ring means, and said second means includes strap means affixed at one end to said sheet means and having hook and loop fastener means affixed so that with an end opposite said one through said ring means said fastener means supports said sheet means in said area.