Device and method for securing and organizing a cargo strap
View Patent ↗A device and method for organizing a cargo strap. The device comprises a plate that is substantially flat and rigid, and a retention strap pivotally attached to the plate and adapted for removably securing the cargo strap about the plate. The plate has a length and a width wherein the length is greater than the width thereby defining a substantially rectangular upper receiving face and an opposing lower receiving face. A portion of the cargo strap is wound around the plate and secured onto the plate by wrapping the retention strap over the cargo strap. A slot may be included on the plate to receive a portion of the cargo strap to secure a distal end of the cargo strap onto the plate.
1. A cargo strap organizing device, the device comprising:
a plate comprising a longitudinal first end and an opposite longitudinal second end, the plate defining:
a first cargo strap receiving cutout on the first end of the plate, the first cutout having an inward edge;
a second cargo strap receiving cutout on the second end of the plate, the second cutout having an inward edge longitudinally spaced from the inward edge of the first cutout;
a longitudinally extending first slot formed in the plate spaced from the inward edge of the first cutout and spaced from the inward edge of the second cutout;
a second slot formed in the plate and positioned between the first slot and the inward edge of the second cutout, the second slot perpendicular to the first slot;
a retention strap attached to the plate by an attached end thereof looped through the first slot, the retention strap extending, in an unwrapped condition thereof, laterally from the attached end and plate;
wherein, in operation, a terminal end of a cargo strap is received within the second slot to secure the terminal end to the plate, and a wound portion of the cargo strap is wound around the plate in a circular direction such that spaced-apart portions of wound portion the cargo strap are received within the first cutout and the second cutout, and the retention strap, in a wrapped condition thereof, is wrapped around a medial portion of the wound portion of the cargo strap.
2. The cargo strap organizing device of claim 1 , wherein the plate further defines a third slot and a fourth slot each longitudinally spaced from and parallel to the second slot.
3. The cargo strap organizing device of claim 1 , the plate further comprising:
a longitudinally extending first pair of projections between which the first cutout is defined; and
a longitudinally extending second pair of projections between which the second cutout is defined.
4. The cargo strap organizing device of claim 3 , further comprising a first hand hold and a second hand hold by which to rotate the plate to wind and unwind the wound portion of the cargo strap, wherein:
the first hand hold is pivotally attached to one of the first pair of projections, the first hand hold, in a pivoted open position thereof, extending in a first lateral direction from the plate; and
the second hand hold is pivotally attached to one of the second pair of projections, the second hand hold, in a pivoted open position thereof, extending in a second lateral direction from the plate opposite the first lateral direction.
5. The cargo strap organizing device of claim 4 , wherein each of the first hand hold and second hand hold has a pivoted closed position perpendicular to the pivoted open position thereof.
6. The cargo strap organizing device of claim 1 , wherein the retention strap comprises double-sided hook and loop webbing.