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• US 6,269,523 B1
• Filed: 09/30/1999
• Issued: 08/07/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lynn Snapkauskas
• Original Assignee: Benoit, Richard
• Inventors: Benoit, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US09/409,051
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 241/30, 241/29.R, 241/28, 24/18
• US Class Current: 24/130
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/103 deforming the cable by bending it around or inserting it into the fastener
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/106 using a toothed surface
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/14 Devices or coupling-pieces designed for easy formation of adjustable loops, e.g. choker hooks; Hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point, e.g. by forming loops
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3913 Knot engaging
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3916 One-piece
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3918 Wedge slot

Abstract

A tie down for securing a rope. The tie down has a tapered channel for retaining one end of a length of rope, and a channel with a series of teeth on opposite ends of the channel for securing the other end of the rope. By selecting a portion of the rope to be secured in the channel, a user can form a loop in the rope which can be used to tie down or secure a variety of objects.

Claims

1. A tie down for securing objects, said tie down comprising:

a housing,

said housing having a top, bottom, sides, and ends,

said top of said housing having a channel therein,

said channel being open adjacent said top of said housing and closed adjacent said bottom of said housing,

an aperture extending completely through said housing from one of said ends to another of said ends,

said aperture being tapered so that said aperture is larger at one of said ends than at said another of said ends.

2. The tie down as claimed in claim 1, wherein said channel has a pair of walls, and

each of said walls has a plurality of teeth thereon.

3. The tie down as claimed in claim 2, wherein said plurality of teeth are slanted from a top of said channel to a bottom of said channel.

4. The tie down as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing has an overhang,

said overhang being positioned at an end of said housing opposite from said channel.

5. The tie down as claimed in claim 1, in combination with a rope, and

wherein said rope has a selected diameter which will pass through said aperture,

means on one end of said rope for enlarging said selected diameter,

said means being of a size so it will pass through said larger end of said aperture, but will not pass through said smaller end of said aperture,

another end of said rope being secured within said channel, thereby forming a loop in said rope.