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Cleat device

  • US 4,373,463 A
  • Filed: 08/05/1980
  • Issued: 02/15/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cleat device on a larger structure for restraining a flexible line including:

  • A. a base fixedly mounted to said larger structure;

    B. a plurality of at least three parallel, spaced-apart, jam cleats mounted on said base in juxtaposition, with adjacent open ends facing in opposition directions, said jam cleats each including a planar upper face and a planar lower face converging to form a first acute angle;

    C. at least one of said faces of each of said jam cleats including a longitudinally extending ridge thereon forming a second acute angle with the other face, said rib being centrally aligned with its working face and said rib not extending entirely across the width of the face and said first angle ranges from 10°

    to 50° and

    said second angle ranges from 15°

    to 60°

    ; and

    D. means to maintain a line cleated in said jam cleats so that its axis is in direction to maintain said line in jammed relationship with respect to the outermost jam cleats.

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