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Rope cinching device

  • US 4,719,668 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1986
  • Issued: 01/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a cinching device for tensioning and securing a line, said device including a body having a first line securement means frictionally engaging and securing said body to said line at a first position along said line, said body further having a surface formed for and supporting a portion of said line proximate said first position for movement of said portion over said surface during cinching, and said body having a second line securement means securing said line at a second position proximate said portion and along said line on a side of said portion opposite said first portion, wherein the improvement in said cinching device comprises:

  • said body further being formed as an aperture-free body with channel means extending from all of said first line securement means, said surface, and said second line securement means to a side of said body for passage of a section of said line from said side of said body through said channel means and into operative engagement with each of said first line securement means, said surface, and said second line securement means;

    said first line securement means and said second line securement means each being formed for and securing said line solely by frictional engagement with said body;

    said first line securement means securing said line to said body during tensioning of said line by movement over said surface; and

    said first line securement means, said surface, and said second line securement means defining a single path for said line which constrains the held portion of said line to a plane.

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