Drum tie-down apparatus

Patent · 01 January 1984

OSTI ID:865278

Morse, Harvey E ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

A drum tie-down apparatus for securing drum-like containers in an upright position to a floor or platform of a transportation vehicle having spaced apart cargo tie-down points. The apparatus comprises a pair of cylindrical, hollow tube segments horizontally oriented and engageable with a drum lid adjacent opposite rim edges, flexible strap segments for connecting upper and lower central portions of the tube segments together across the drum lid and a pair of elongated flexible tie-down segments, one extending horizontally through each of the tube segments, the ends thereof being attached to said spaced apart tie-down points such that end portions of the pair of tie-down segments extend downwardly and radially outwardly from the tube segments to the tie-down points.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4487537
• OSTI ID: 865278
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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