Abstract: A cargo restrainer for restraining cargo carried in a vehicle compartment having walls, such as the bed of a pick-up truck, the cargo restrainer including a generally rectangular panel of flexible material having sleeves extending along its opposing edges. A plurality of anchors are mounted at spaced apart locations on at least one wall of the vehicle comaprtment and cords extend through the sleeves of the panel and engage the anchors at their spaced apart locations to suspend the panel between the anchors with the panel opposing a wall of the vehicle compartment such that cargo may be placed between the wall and the panel for restraint of the cargo during transport.