Rope tying device

• US 3,321,816 A
• Filed: 06/21/1965
• Issued: 05/30/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harry C. Monroe
• Original Assignee: Harry C. Monroe
• Inventors: Monroe, Harry C.
• Application Number:
  US04/465,523
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• US Class Current: 24/130
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 21/08 Clamping devices in general F16B; means for fastening cables or ropes to one another or to other objects in general F16G11/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/046 by bending the cable around a surface
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/14 Devices or coupling-pieces designed for easy formation of adjustable loops, e.g. choker hooks; Hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point, e.g. by forming loops
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3918 Wedge slot

Claims

1. A ROPE TYING DEVICE, COMPRISING:

A ONE-PIECE MEMBER OF SUBSTANTIALLY OVAL CROSS SECTION HAVING A WIDE, FLAT BASE WALL, TWO RELATIVELY SHORT, ARCUATE, OPPOSED END WALLS AND A WIDE, FLAT FRONT WALL SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID BASE WALL, THE FRONT WALL BEING DEFINED BY TWO COPLANAR FLANGES WHICH EXTEND FROM SAID END WALLS TOWARD EACH OTHER, SAID FLANGES HAVING OPPOSING EDGES DEFINING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED SLOT THEREIN WITH THE WIDEST PART OF THE SLOT OPENING THROUGH ONE END EDGE OF SAID FRONT WALL SO THAT THE FREE END OF A ROPE CAN BE RECEIVED IN SAID SLOT AND SECURED AGAINST MOVEMENT BY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EDGES OF SLOT.