Method and device for securing a vertical line

A method of anchoring a strand for suspension from an aperture in a vertical wall having a front wall face and a back wall face defining a wall thickness there-between, the aperture having a maximum height dimension and a maximum width dimension that is greater than the maximum height dimension, the method comprising:

• providing a strand anchor comprising
• an anchor body member having a longitudinal axis and a parallel longitudinal body length dimension running from a strand attachment end of the anchor body member to a hook attachment end of the anchor body member, a first wall engagement surface on a lateral side of the anchor body member, and a strand-securing aperture formed through the anchor body member adjacent the strand attachment end,
• a first hook member attached to the anchor body member adjacent the hook attachment end and extending laterally there-from in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first hook member having a second wall engagement surface intersecting and perpendicular to the first wall engagement surface, and
• a second hook member attached to the first hook member and having a longitudinal hook length dimension running from a hook member attachment end to a free hook member end and also having a third wall engagement surface parallel to, spaced apart from and opposing the first wall engagement surface, the first and third engagement surfaces defining a slot having a slot width that is greater than the wall thickness,
• a locking mechanism comprising a set screw threaded within a set screw passage through the second hook member for operative engagement with the back wall face when the anchor is in an installed condition in which a portion of the anchor is disposed through the aperture and a portion of the wall is disposed within the slot with at least a portion of the first wall engaging surface being adjacent or in contact with the front wall face and at least a portion of the third wall engaging surface being adjacent or in contact with the back wall face,
• wherein the longitudinal hook length dimension is less than the maximum aperture width dimension and greater than the maximum aperture height dimension;
• securing the strand to the strand anchor using the strand-securing aperture;
• placing the strand anchor in the installed condition;
• and
• rotating the set screw to engage the back wall face, thereby locking the strand anchor in the installed condition.

An anchor for securing a strand from an aperture in a wall having a front wall face and a back wall face defining a wall thickness there-between, the aperture having a maximum height dimension and a maximum width dimension that is greater than the maximum height dimension, the anchor comprising:

• an anchor body member having a longitudinal axis and a parallel longitudinal body length dimension running from a strand attachment end of the anchor body member to a hook attachment end of the anchor body member, a first wall engagement surface on a lateral side of the anchor body member, and a strand-securing aperture formed through the anchor body member adjacent the strand attachment end;
• a first hook member attached to the anchor body member adjacent the hook attachment end and extending laterally there-from in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first hook member having a second wall engagement surface intersecting and perpendicular to the first wall engagement surface;
• a second hook member attached to the first hook member and having a longitudinal hook length dimension running from a hook member attachment end to a free hook member end and also having a third wall engagement surface parallel to, spaced apart from and opposing the first wall engagement surface, the first and third engagement surfaces defining a slot having a slot width that is greater than the wall thickness;
• and
• a locking mechanism for securing the anchor to the wall when the anchor is in an installed condition in which a portion of the anchor is disposed through the aperture and a portion of the wall is disposed within the slot, the locking mechanism comprising a set screw threaded within a set screw passage through the second hook member for operative engagement with the back wall face when the anchor is in the installed condition,
• wherein the longitudinal hook length dimension is less than the maximum aperture width dimension and greater than the maximum aperture height dimension.