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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1998
Luc Labeur, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Peter Butz GmbH & CO. Verwaltungs-KG, Langenfeld, DE;
Abstract
A motor-vehicle has a storage compartment defined by a floor, walls, and a seat of the vehicle and provided with a cargo restraint system having an upright main rod and a mount holding the rod in the compartment for rotation about an upright main axis and including a retractor for rotationally urging the rod in one direction and for inhibiting rotation of the rod in the opposite direction under predetermined circumstances. An elongate flexible web has an inner end attached to the rod and an outer end and an outer rod fixed to the outer end of the web has a lower end engageable in any seat of an array of seats spaced from each other on the floor that releasably secure the outer rod to the floor at the respective seat in an upright position.