Connection for an anchor line to a tarpaulin which ruptures before the tarpaulin tears
First Claim
1. A device for attachment to a tarpaulin to transmit tensile force from a line to the tarpaulin, said device comprising a blank in the form of a sheet of foldable material which is folded on a fold line to form two opposed portions which sandwich and secure an edge portion of a tarpaulin therebetween in a position in which parts of said opposed portions at said fold line extend beyond said edge portion of the tarpaulin, said blank being relatively small compared to said tarpaulin in order to be applied to the edge of said tarpaulin in a selected, restricted region thereof, said sheet of foldable material being provided with a narrow slot therein extending across said fold line to divide said parts which extend beyond said edge portion of the tarpaulin into two sections of loop form having respective channels extending substantially parallel to an edge of said edge portion of the tarpaulin, said channels being separated by said slot and having a length in a direction parallel to the edge of the tarpaulin which is greater than the length of said slot as measured in said direction.
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Abstract
A device (2) in a tarpaulin (3) for connecting a line (10) with the tarpaulin. A sheet of foldable material is folded over and forms two opposing portions (5, 6) which are interconnected with one another along a fold edge (48) formed during the folding. Each one of the opposing portions is fixed to an edge portion (31) of the tarpaulin (3) sandwiched between them. The device includes part portions (7, 8) which are located outside the defining edge (32) of the edge portion (31). The part portions form therebetween at least two mutually located channels (49a, b) which are substantially parallel to the defining edge (32) and are separated by a recess (40) in the fold edge (48). In one embodiment a line (10) is passed into one of the channels in order to anchor the tarpaulin and in another embodiment the line engages an anchorage rod (11) inserted in the channels.
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15 Claims
- 1. A device for attachment to a tarpaulin to transmit tensile force from a line to the tarpaulin, said device comprising a blank in the form of a sheet of foldable material which is folded on a fold line to form two opposed portions which sandwich and secure an edge portion of a tarpaulin therebetween in a position in which parts of said opposed portions at said fold line extend beyond said edge portion of the tarpaulin, said blank being relatively small compared to said tarpaulin in order to be applied to the edge of said tarpaulin in a selected, restricted region thereof, said sheet of foldable material being provided with a narrow slot therein extending across said fold line to divide said parts which extend beyond said edge portion of the tarpaulin into two sections of loop form having respective channels extending substantially parallel to an edge of said edge portion of the tarpaulin, said channels being separated by said slot and having a length in a direction parallel to the edge of the tarpaulin which is greater than the length of said slot as measured in said direction.
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