Automotive barrier net

Claim 2

In an automobile having a car body with a passenger compartment and a trunk compartment, the trunk compartment having a forward end with a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, the improvement comprising: a barrier net at the trunk forward end and suspended between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment, the barrier net comprising: flexible, substantially inelastic webbing, the webbing comprising: a plurality of vertical, spaced straps; a plurality of horizontal, spaced straps traversing the vertical straps; and means for securing the vertical strap to the horizontal strap at each point where the two straps cross; wherein a lower horizontal webbing strap has a length less than that of a middle horizontal webbing strap, and the middle horizontal webbing strap length is less than that of an upper horizontal webbing strap; an aperture formed in each end of each of the lower, middle and upper horizontal webbing straps; two mounting brackets each having two ends and a middle, and an aperture formed in each of the ends and the middle of both brackets; screws receivable through each of the respective bracket apertures, each of the respective strap apertures and each respective aperture in the forward end side walls; and nuts securing the respective screws to the forward end side walls.

Claim 3

In an automobile having a car body with a passenger compartment and a trunk compartment, the trunk compartment having a forward end with a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, the improvement comprising: a barrier net at the trunk forward end and suspended between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment, the barrier net comprising: flexible, substantially inelastic, reinforced multi-filament polypropylene webbing, the webbing comprising: a plurality of vertical, spaced straps; a plurality of horizontal, spaced straps traversing the vertical straps; and securing stitching through the vertical strap and the horizontal strap at each point where the two straps cross; wherein a lower horizontal webbing strap has a length less than that of a middle horizontal webbing strap, and the middle horizontal webbing strap length is less than that of an upper horizontal webbing strap; an aperture formed in each end of each of the lower, middle and upper horizontal webbing straps; two plastic mounting brackets each having two ends and a middle, and an aperture formed in each of the ends and the middle of both brackets; screws receivable through each of the respective bracket apertures, each of the respective strap apertures and each respective aperture in the forward end side walls; and nuts securing the respective screws to the forward end side walls.

Claim 4

In an automobile having a car body with a passenger compartment and a trunk compartment, the trunk compartment having a forward end with a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, the improvement comprising: a barrier net at the trunk forward end and suspended between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment, the barrier net comprising: flexible, substantially inelastic, reinforced multi-filament polypropylene webbing, the webbing comprising: a plurality of vertical, spaced straps; a plurality of horizontal, spaced straps traversing the vertical straps; and securing stitching through the vertical strap and the horizontal strap at each point where the two straps cross; wherein a lower horizontal webbing strap has a length less than that of a middle horizontal webbing strap, and the middle horizontal webbing strap length is less than that of an upper horizontal webbing strap; an aperture formed in each end of each of the lower, middle and upper horizontal webbing straps; two plastic mounting brackets each having two ends and a middle, and an aperture formed in each of the ends and the middle of both brackets; screws receivable through each of the respective bracket apertures, each of the respective strap apertures and each respective aperture in the forward end side walls; and nuts securing the respective screws to the forward end side walls.