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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Robert Westfall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B65D 63/14 (2006.01); E05B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/0853 (2013.01); B60P 7/0807 (2013.01); B60P 7/0892 (2013.01); B65D 63/14 (2013.01); E05B 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cargo management system includes a support, having a plurality of receivers, a key, including a tongue that may be inserted into one receiver of the plurality of receivers and a locking mechanism releasably securing the key to the support and the tongue in the receiver. A first point of a strap is captured between the tongue and the receiver and extended over the cargo to be transported. A second key is then inserted into a second receiver to secure a second point of the strap and thereby hold the cargo in position on the support.