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Adjustable length strap tie down apparatus

  • US 4,155,537 A
  • Filed: 08/11/1977
  • Issued: 05/22/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for fixedly securing one object relative to another object and comprising:

  • an elongated continuous length strap means for being attached to the one object and for enagaging and holding the other objects by tension;

    attachment means fixedly non-adjustably connected to opposite ends of said strap means for fixedly securing the opposite ends of said strap means relative to the other object;

    rotatable shaft means for winding and unwinding said strap means to adjustably tension said strap means; and

    winch-type tensioning means operably associated with an intermediate loop portion of said strap for enabling adjustment of the effective length of said strap means and for enabling said effective length of said strap means and said intermediate loop portion of said strap means to be wound and tensioned and unwound and untensioned;

    said winch-type tensioning means comprising;

    slot means in said shaft means having a sufficient width for adjustably receiving and retaining said intermediate loop portion of said strap means;

    ratchet means operably engageable with said shaft means for releasably holding said shaft means against unwinding rotation during and after tensioning of said strap means; and

    said rotatable shaft means comprising;

    a pair of split shaft members having mating abuttable support surfaces;

    a groove formed in each of said mating abuttable surfaces; and

    fastening means for holding said abuttable support surfaces of said split shaft members in abutting engagement with the grooves in oppositely spaced axial alignment to form said slot means.

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