Holding device

Claim 1

A HOLDING DEVICE ADAPTED TO CONSTRAIN A CONTAINER IN A PREDETERMINED UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED IN A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT HAVING OPPOSITELY SPACED WALLS AS REACTION SURFACES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SUPPORT ROD HAVING OPPOSITE TELESCOPIC RECEIVED AND RECEIVER SECTIONS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDING RESPECTIVE INNER ENDS AND CLOSED OUTER ENDS AND THE SECTIONS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A RETRACTED INSTALLING POSITION AND EXTENDED RESTRAINING POSITION WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT WITH THE ENDS IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WALLS; AN ELONGATED COMPRESSION SPRING DISPOSED WITHIN THE ROD IN CONTACT WITH THE OUTER END OF ONE SECTION AND THE INNER END OF THE OPPOSITE SECTION TO URGE THE SECTIONS TOWARD SAID RESTRAINING POSITION; A FLEXIBLE CABLE DISPOSED WITHIN THE COMPRESSION SPRING AND PROVIDING OPPOSITE ENDS; PIN MEANS INDIVIDUALLY CONNECTING THE ENDS OF THE CABLE RESPECTIVELY TO THE OUTER END OF SAID RECEIVER SECTION AND TO THE INNER END OF SAID RECEIVED SECTION TO PRECLUDE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE SECTIONS; A PAIR OF ELONGATED RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE TIE MEMBERS, EACH PROVIDING OPPOSITE ENDS, A PAIR OF SLEEVES JOURNALED ON SAID RECEIVER SECTION OF THE ROD SLIDABLY INDIVIDUALLY TO RECEIVE THE TIE MEMBERS THERETHROUGH AND BEING AXIALLY SLIDABLE ON THE ROD FOR PLACEMENT OF THE TIE MEMBERS ABOUT THE CONTAINER TO HOLD THE SAME IN SAID PREDETERMINED UPRIGHT POSITION AGAINST THE ROD; AND HOOKING FASTENERS SECURED TO THE ENDS OF THE TIE MEMBERS FOR DETACHABLY HOLDING THE CO