IP Library Granted Patent US 8,979,449
Granted Patent B2
US 8,979,449 · App. 13/959,879 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Load restraint strip

Inventor: Matthew Bullock (McLean, VA)
B60P7/0823
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Patent No.
US 8,979,449
App. No.
13/959,879
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A working portion of load restraint strip may include an attachment region. The attachment layer may include an adhesive layer. When the adhesive layer is exposed, at least part of the attachment region on an exterior side of the load restraint strip is colored differently from regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

Claims (39)

1. A load restraint strip, comprising:

a base layer extending throughout a working portion of the load restraint strip and comprising a base layer material;

a reinforcement layer fixed relative to the base layer, wherein the reinforcement layer extends throughout the working portion of the load restraint strip and includes a reinforcement material; and

an attachment layer fixed relative to the base and reinforcement layers and located in an attachment region on an exterior side of the load restraint strip, wherein the attachment layer includes a first adhesive layer and a differentially colored region extending over at least part of the attachment region, wherein the attachment region has a length less than a length of the working portion, and wherein the differentially colored region is colored differently from regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

2. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the attachment layer extends throughout the attachment region.

3. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the base layer extends throughout the length and a width of the working portion, wherein the reinforcement layer extends throughout the length and the width of the working portion, and wherein the reinforcement layer comprises a plurality of reinforcement fibers.

4. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein

the attachment layer includes a second adhesive layer and a substrate layer at least partially separating the first adhesive layer from the second adhesive layer, and

the first adhesive layer comprises an adhesive and a tinting agent, wherein the adhesive has a coloration resulting from the tinting agent, and wherein the adhesive coloration at least partially causes the differentially colored region to be colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

5. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein

the attachment layer includes a second adhesive layer and a substrate layer at least partially separating the first adhesive layer from the second adhesive layer, and

the second adhesive layer comprises an adhesive and a tinting agent, wherein the adhesive has a coloration resulting from the tinting agent, and wherein the adhesive coloration at least partially causes the differentially colored region to be colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

6. The load restraint strip of claim 5 , wherein the first adhesive layer lacks a tinting agent and the substrate layer is transparent.

7. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein

the attachment layer includes a second adhesive layer and a substrate layer at least partially separating the first adhesive layer from the second adhesive layer, and

the substrate layer comprises a tinted polymer film, wherein the tinted polymer film at least partially causes the differentially colored region to be colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

8. The load restraint strip of claim 7 , wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are untinted.

9. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein

the attachment layer includes a second adhesive layer and a substrate layer at least partially separating the first adhesive layer from the second adhesive layer, and

the substrate layer comprises coloration applied to an interior side thereof, wherein the coloration at least partially causes the differentially colored region to be colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

10. The load restraint strip of claim 9 , wherein the coloration comprises ink printed on the interior side of a film within the substrate layer.

11. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein an exterior side of the reinforcement layer corresponding to the differentially colored region is colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

12. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein an exterior side of the base layer corresponding to the differentially colored region is colored differently from the regions on the exterior side outside the attachment region.

13. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , further comprising at least one marking on an interior side of the load restraint strip indicating a boundary of the attachment region.

14. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the working portion length is between 9 and 13 feet, wherein the attachment region length is between 2 and 6 feet, and wherein the load restraint strip has a width of between 10 and 18 inches.

15. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein

the working portion and the attachment region each includes first and second ends, the attachment region first end being aligned with the working portion first end,

the attachment region extends along a length of the working portion to a location between the working portion first end and the working portion second end, and

the at least part of the attachment region is less than all of the attachment region and comprises a portion of the attachment region adjacent the attachment region second end.

16. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the exterior side outside the attachment region includes a color that is any of white, off-white, beige and light brown and the attachment region on the exterior side includes a color is any of blue, black, dark gray, green, red, orange, purple and bright yellow.

17. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the exterior side outside the attachment region includes a color that is any of blue, black, dark gray, green, red, orange, purple and bright yellow and the attachment region on the exterior side includes a color that is any of white, off-white, beige and light brown.

18. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the differentially colored region extends over less than all of the attachment region on the exterior side.

19. The load restraint strip of claim 1 , wherein the differentially colored region extends over all of the attachment region on the exterior side.

20. A method comprising:

affixing an attachment region of an exterior face of a first load restraint strip to a wall of a cargo container;

affixing an attachment region of an exterior face of a second load restraint strip to another wall of the cargo container;

joining the first load restraint strip to the second load restraint strip; and

determining whether substantially all of the attachment region of the first load restraint strip is affixed to the wall of the cargo container by determining the visibility of a portion of the attachment region of the first load restraint strip having a different color than other portions of the first load restraint strip exterior face.

21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising photographing the wall of the cargo container showing the visual coloration differential for documenting that the first load restraint strip was affixed to the wall of the cargo container.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2024
From: GARDIAN ACQUISITION LLC; GARDIAN HOLDINGS LLC; MBULL HOLDINGS, LLC; SHOCK-GARD LLC; TY-GARD INTERNATIONAL, LLC; WALNUT INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 067498/0753 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: BULLOCK, MATTHEW
To: MBULL HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062797/0614 →
Continuity (1)
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