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A wheel restraining cleat and strap for use with a pair of wheel chocks to anchor a vehicle wheel to a supporting surface such as a floor of a railway car for transporting vehicles, which includes a strap of flexible material for overlying the tire of the vehicle wheel and carrying thereon a cleat f

A wheel restraining cleat and strap for use with a pair of wheel chocks to anchor a vehicle wheel to a supporting surface such as a floor of a railway car for transporting vehicles, which includes a strap of flexible material for overlying the tire of the vehicle wheel and carrying thereon a cleat formed of a material having both flexibility and resiliency so that it grabs the tire to retain the strap in overlying relation with the wheel. The cleat includes protuberances on the tire-engaging side to prevent slippage between the tire and the cleat, thereby maintaining the strap in overlying tie-down relation to the wheel. The cleat is sufficiently bendable to conform to surfaces of tires of different diameters.

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A wheel harness for use in a vehicle hold down apparatus in a railway car to secure a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire to the floor of the car, wherein a chock is secured to the floor at each side of the tire tread, and the harness is connected to the chocks, said harness including strap means

A wheel harness for use in a vehicle hold down apparatus in a railway car to secure a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire to the floor of the car, wherein a chock is secured to the floor at each side of the tire tread, and the harness is connected to the chocks, said harness including strap means of flexible, substantially non-stretchable material substantially circumferentially overlying the tire tread and connected to the chocks, and a substantially plate-like cleat carried on the strap and disposed on and substantially at the top of the tire tread, said cleat being molded of plastic having high strength and resilient characteristics, said resilient characteristics allowing the cleat to conform to the contour of the tire tread, said cleat having openings through which the strap is threaded, and projections on the tire contacting surface which produce a slip-free engagement with the tire tread when the strap is tightened.