Truck holding device

Claim 1

A LOAD HANDLING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CARGO CONTAINER HAVING A BODY AND PAIRS OF WHEEL SETS DIRIGIBLY SUPPORTING SAID BODY FOR MOVEMENT IN EITHER DIRECTION ALONG A GIVEN PATH, A BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID BODY ABOVE THE LEVEL BUT ADJACENT TO ONE OF SAID WHEEL SETS, AND HOLDER MEANS SECURED TO SAID BRACKET, AN ELONGATE FLEXIBLE MAT LYING UPON A SURFACE SUPPORTING SAID DEVICE AND UPON WHICH BOTH OF SAID WHEEL SETS REST, SAID MAT HAVING AN UPSTANDING ABUTMENT DEVICE AT ONE END THEREOF ENGAGING AGAINST THE WHEEL SET REMOTE FROM SAID BRACKET AND SAID MAT BEING OF A LENGTH TO EXTEND, WITH SAID ABUT DEVICE ENGAGED AGAINST THE REMOTE WHEEL SET AS AFORESAID, BENEATH SUCH REMOTE WHEEL SET AND BENEATH SAID ONE WHEEL SET AND TO PASS THEREFROM UPWARDLY TOWARD BUT TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID BRACKET, AND TIE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID END OF THE MAT REMOTE FROM SAID ABUTMENT DEVICE AND DETACHABLY ENGAGED WITH SAID HOLDER MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID MAT IN TENSIONED CONDITION THROUGHOUT WITH SAID ABUTMENT DEVICE FIRMLY ENGAGED AGAINST THE REMOTE WHEEL SET, WHEREBY THE DEVICE IS PREVENTED FROM ROLLING IN EITHER DIRECTION ALONG SAID PATH.