Cargo restraining methods and devices

Claim 1

A CARGO RESTRAINING NET COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED FLEXIBLE RESTRAINING ELEMENTS; AND A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED FLEXIBLE COACTING RESTRAINING ELEMENTS HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A PALLET, SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, SAID COACTING RESTRAINING ELEMENTS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS, SELECTED ONES OF SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS HAVING A HIGHER SPRING RATE THAN THE OTHERS OF SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS, SAID COACTING RESTRAINING ELEMENTS ALL HAVING A SPRING RATE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THAT OF SAID SELECTED ONES OF SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS, SAID FIRST-NAMED ELEMENTS HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A PALLET AND TO ANCHORING DEVICES IN A VEHICLE, AND MEANS POSITIONING SAID FIRST-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS AND SAID SECOND-NAMED RESTRAINING ELEMENTS IN A SELECTED COACTING OPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT RELATIVE TO A PALLET AND TO CARGO TO BE CONTAINED THEREBY, SUCH THAT FORCES DEVELOPED IN SAID ELEMENTS EXERT A PREDETERMINED FORCE PATTERN ON SAID ANCHORING DEVICES.