Cable tensioning device
AssigneeLandscape Structures Inc.
InventorKent David Wuchterl
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Abstract
A piece of playground equipment is disclosed and includes a system for tensioning one or more cables. The system includes a cable retaining device having a cylindrical shaped body with threads disposed around an outer circumferential surface, the outer circumferential surface being interrupted in at least one location by one or more cable receiving channel. The system also includes a tightening sleeve into which the cable retaining device is configured to be threaded such that the cable retaining device moves as the tightening sleeve is rotated.
Claims18
A piece of playground equipment that includes a system for tensioning one or more cables, the system comprising:
- a cable retaining device having a cylindrical shaped body with threads disposed around an outer circumferential surface, the outer circumferential surface being interrupted in at least one location by one or more cable receiving channels;
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- wherein the system further comprises a tightening sleeve into which the cable retaining device is treaded such that the cable retaining device moves as the tightening sleeve is rotated.
A piece of playground equipment that includes a system for tensioning one or more cables, the system comprising:
- a tightening sleeve that, when turned, changes a tensioning of the cable by changing a position of a cable retaining device within the tightening sleeve;
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- wherein the tightening sleeve, when turned, is configured to change the tensioning of multiple cables simultaneously by changing the position of the cable retaining device within the tightening sleeve.
A method for tensioning one or more cables incorporated into a piece of playground equipment, the method comprising:
- inserting a first cable laterally through a first channel in a cable retaining device;
- inserting a second cable laterally through a second channel in the cable retaining device;
- attaching the cable retaining device to a tightening sleeve;
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- increasing a level of tension on the cable by rotating the tightening sleeve and thereby changing a position of the cable retaining device within the tightening sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.