IP Library Granted Patent US 8,419,329
Granted Patent B1
US 8,419,329 · App. 13/284,172 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Cargo restraint system with enhanced polyester reinforcement filament strand denier content

Inventor: Matthew Bullock (McLean, VA)
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Patent No.
US 8,419,329
App. No.
13/284,172
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A cargo restraint system with enhanced filament characteristics wherein the restraint system includes laminated load restraining strips with a layer of reinforcement material comprising a plurality of substantially parallel bundles of filaments and wherein the layer of reinforcement contains approximately three hundred and twenty four ends an approximately four hundred and eighty four filaments and each filament comprises one or more polyester monofilament strands having a total break strength of approximately between fifteen point nine and twenty point seven grams.

Claims (25)

1. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container subject to shifting forces during transport said flexible load restraining strip having a first end and a second end and said flexible load restraint strip comprising:

a first cover layer of material having a first side surface and a second side surface and extending coextensively with said flexible load restraining strip from the first end to the second end of said flexible load restraining strip;

a first layer of adhesive coextensively extending along and coating said second side surface of said first cover layer of material of said flexible load restraining strip from a first end to a second end of said first cover layer of material, said first layer of adhesive having a first side surface and a second side surface and said first side surface of said first layer of adhesive being in adhesive engagement with said second side surface of said first cover layer of material;

a layer of reinforcement having a first side and a second side and being bonded on said first side to said second side surface of said first layer of adhesive, said layer of reinforcement comprising a plurality of substantially parallel bundles of filaments extending throughout a length of said flexible load restraining strip wherein,

said layer of reinforcement comprises approximately two hundred and fifteen to two hundred and seventy nine ends of reinforcement filament material,

each end of reinforcement filament material comprises approximately four hundred and eighty four filaments of reinforcement material, and

each filament of reinforcement material comprises one or more monofilament strands of polyester material having a total break strength of approximately fifteen point nine to twenty point seven grams;

a second layer of adhesive having a first side surface and a second side surface and extending along and partially coating said second side of said layer of reinforcement from said first end of said load restraining strip to a position along said flexible load restraining strip of less than or approximately equal to five feet toward said second end of said flexible load restraining strip; and

a layer of release material extending coextensively with and releasably adhered to said second side surface of said second layer of adhesive applied to said second side of said layer of reinforcement, wherein said layer of release material may be removed from said second layer of adhesive on site of use and said load restraining strip releasably affixed to a side wall surface of a cargo transport container such that said load restraining strip may be used as a flexible securement element to secure cargo within a transport container with enhanced filament efficiency characteristics of said layer of reinforcement.

2. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein:

each filament comprises three monofilament strands of polyester material and each strand of monofilament polyester has a denier of between approximately nine hundred ninety nine and one thousand two hundred and ninety two.

3. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein:

each filament comprises three monofilament strands of polyester material and each strand of said monofilament strands of polyester material has a denier of approximately nine hundred ninety nine.

4. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein:

each filament comprises three monofilament strands of polyester material and each strand of said monofilament strands of polyester material has a denier of approximately one thousand one hundred and forty four.

5. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein:

each filament comprises three monofilament strands of polyester material and each strand of said monofilament strands of polyester material has a denier of approximately one thousand two hundred and ninety two.

6. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein each filament of reinforcement material comprises:

a fifteen hundred denier polyester material and the average number of strands per filament of fifteen hundred denier polyester reinforcement material is between approximately two point zero and two point five strands.

7. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein each filament of reinforcement material comprises:

a fifteen hundred denier polyester material and the average number of strands per filament of fifteen hundred denier polyester reinforcement material is approximately two point zero.

8. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein each filament of reinforcement material comprises:

a fifteen hundred denier polyester material and the average number of strands per filament of fifteen hundred denier polyester reinforcement material is approximately two point two five.

9. A flexible load restraining strip for use in securing cargo within a transport container as defined in claim 1 wherein each filament of reinforcement material comprises:

a fifteen hundred denier polyester material and the average number of strands per filament of fifteen hundred denier polyester reinforcement material is approximately two point five.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2026
From: MBULL HOLDINGS, LLC
To: THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074497/0853 →
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 →