Multi-function tie-down device

• US 5,676,508 A
• Filed: 06/28/1996
• Issued: 10/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gary Lee Weicht
• Original Assignee: Gary Lee Weicht
• Inventors: Weicht, Gary Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Merritt, Karen B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GORDON, STEPHEN T
• Application Number:
  US08/672,557
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 410/101, 410/102, 410/106, 410/108, 410/110, 410/104, 410/107, 114/218, 24/265 D, 24/115 R, D 8/382, D 8/356, 248/499
• US Class Current: 410/101
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/0807 Attachment points

Abstract

A tie-down device for use with trucks, boats or other vehicles is provided. The tie-down is a single-piece dual-hook device having a pedestal base and an upper attachment section. The base has a threaded hole in the bottom for receiving a bolt or threaded device to a vehicle. The upper attachment section is formed in the general shape of an isosceles having an apex with legs extending downward at an approximate angle of 45° below the horizontal. The outer surface of apex is rounded to avoid snagging. The attachment section has a large bore hole centered under the apex and a pair of hooks in each leg. The tie-down device allows a variety of tie-downs including threading of a line through the bore hole, attaching to the leg hooks, and cleating by winding between hooks, while providing a non-snagging outer form.

Claims

1. A tie-down device for a vehicle comprising:

an integrally-molded pedestal having a square base adapted to mount in stake holes of a pickup truck bed sidewall; and

a multi-function attachment section, substantially shaped as an isosceles triangle, having straight-edged legs and affixed to said integrally-molded pedestal and providing a hole forming an eyelet, said attachment section further forming a cleat and a pair of hooks.

2. A tie-down device for a vehicle as in claim 1 wherein said square base has a threaded hole on its lower surface for receiving a bolt.

3. A tie-down device for a vehicle as in claim 1 wherein said multi-function attachment section comprises a rounded upper vertex.

4. A tie-down device for a vehicle as in claim 1 wherein said straight-edged legs extend at an angle approximately 45°

downward from horizontal.