Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct – Wraparound
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-06
2002-07-16
Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load lashing retainer or load lashing adjunct
Wraparound
C410S118000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06419432
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a net for securing objects, and particular to one which is used to secure luggage to the luggage rack of a station wagon, jeep, etc.
Station wagons and jeeps can carry luggage on the luggage rack on the top, and nets are used to secure the luggage to the rack; thus, the station wagons and the jeeps can carry more luggage in travelling.
Referring to
FIGS. 4 and 5
, a conventional securing net has a central ring
10
, several longitudinal ropes
20
and several transverse ropes
30
.
Each of the longitudinal ropes
11
is connected to the central ring
10
from an inner end; referring specifically to
FIG. 5
, the inner end forms a connecting loop
201
round the central ring
10
, and is connected to a fixing element
40
such that the inner end of the transverse rope
30
is fixed to the central ring
10
.
The transverse ropes
30
are each arranged across the longitudinal ropes
20
, forming a circle around the central ring
10
; two ends of each of the transverse ropes
30
are connected to each other by a fixing element (not numbered). The intersections of the transverse ropes
30
and the longitudinal ropes
20
are each connected to a fixing element
40
. Furthermore, outer ends of the longitudinal ropes
20
each forms a loop around the outermost one of the transverse ropes
30
, and is connected to a fixing element. Thus, the ropes
20
and
30
are connected to form a net.
Hooking elements
50
are connected to the outermost transverse rope
30
.
Thus, the net can be used to secure the luggage to the rack on the top of a station wagon with the hooking elements
50
connected to the rack.
However, it is found that the conventional securing net has disadvantages as follows.
1. Being more or less elastic, the longitudinal ropes and the transverse ropes will be lengthened, and become thinner when tied on the luggage. Therefore, when the fixing elements connecting the intersections of the ropes are likely to loosen off the ropes, and the net can't secure luggage any longer.
2. The securing net is made of many separate ropes so it cost relatively much labor to manufacture, and the cost is high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide a securing net for use on the top luggage rack of a station wagon, which is relatively strong, and has low manufacturing cost.
The securing net of the present invention has a central ring, a rope, fixing elements and hooking elements.
The central ring is disposed in the middle of the net.
The rope is arranged to form several shaped loops each having an inner pointed end portion passed through the central ring. Other parts of the rope are arranged to cross the intermediate portions of the shaped loops, approaching the central ring.
The fixing elements are connected to each of the inner pointed end portions to fix same to the central ring, and are connected to each of the intersections of the rope to fasten the rope forming a net.
The hooking elements are coupled to outermost parts of the rope for permitting the net to be tied to a rack to secure objects on the rack.
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patent: 3486723 (1969-12-01), Harrison
patent: 4900204 (1990-02-01), Summers
patent: 5848864 (1998-12-01), Selby
patent: 6017174 (2000-01-01), Ross et al.
patent: 6152664 (2000-11-01), Dew et al.
patent: 6217268 (2001-04-01), Chou
Gordon Stephen T.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
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