Abstract: An apparatus designed to restrain wheels and vehicles on a support surface includes an upper restraint supported on a upper outer surface of the wheel; first and second inner flexible members and first and second outer flexible members coupled to and extending from the upper restraint on inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively; first and second quick-connect hooks respectively securing the inner flexible members to the support surface; first and second adjustment mechanisms respectively securing the outer flexible members to the support surface with the outer flexible members crossing; and first and second lower restraints coupled respectively to the first inner and outer flexible members and the second inner and outer flexible members, and abutting a lower outer surface of the wheel. The quick-connect hooks may include a resilient retaining member such as a coiled spring which permits a free end of the retaining member to be bent in a plurality of directions.

Abstract: An improved wheel clamp 1 including a first wheel chock (25) and a second wheel chock (29), interconnected by a first threaded rod (44) and a second threaded rod (46), the threaded rods being driven by a motor (43) driving chains (45, 47) such that rotation of the threaded rods urge the wheel chocks (25, 29) away from each other and into an abutting relationship with vehicle tires (11, 12). A pair of hold down clamps (33, 38) reside in a pivotable relationship adjacent to the wheel chocks (25, 29) and rotate upward to grip an inner surface of the tires (11, 12) as the wheel chocks engage the tires.