Brake tensioner
OwnerMichael Niel Basnettinventor
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Abstract
A brake tensioner is formed from an elongage member made of a material which will yield when a predetermined tensile load is applied thereto, the elongate member is bent and twisted together adjacent its mid point to produce an eye formation for engagement of a fastener by which it may be attached to a brake control lever, the free ends of the longate member diverging away from the eye formation and having hook formations, for engagement of an eye formation formed on the end of a brake control cable.
Claims10
A brake tensioner comprising an elongate member made of a material which will yield when a predetermined tensile load is applied thereto, the elongate member being bent and twisted together adjacent its mid point to produce an eye formation for engagement of a suitable fastener by which it may be attached to a brake control lever, the free ends of the elongate member diverging away from the eye formation and hook formations being provided at the free ends of the elongate member, each hook formation being adapted to engage an eye formation formed on the end of a brake control cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.