Fastening device
AssigneeCadarn Solutions
InventorRobert Anthony Stone
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Abstract
A fastening device 20 comprises a body 22 which defines a socket for receiving the end of a boat hook 10 or other elongate member, and a hook portion 21 having a gate 27 which can be opened by pulling back on a rope or line 30 attached to the body of the device. Once the device has been fastened to an object 41, the boat hook or other elongate member 10 can then be withdrawn from the socket, thereby leaving the fastening device 20 and line 30 attached to the object 41.
Claims16
A fastening device comprising hook portion having a mouth, a gate for closing the mouth of the hook portion, the gate being biased into a normally closed position, and a formation to which a rope or line can be attached, wherein the hook portion is mounted to a body portion which defines a socket at an inner end of the device for slidably receiving the outer end of an elongated boat hook or other elongate member, said hook portion further comprising an actuator for opening said gate which extends into the socket and which is arranged for engagement by said end of the boat hook or other elongated member so as to open said gate when the body portion is slid rearwardly of said boat hook or other elongated member towards the inner end thereof.
A fastening assembly comprising:
- a fastening device comprising:
- a hook portion having a mouth, a gate for closing the mouth of the hook portion, the gate being biased into a normally closed position, said hook portion being mounted to a body portion which defines a socket at a first end of the fastening device, said hook portion further comprising an actuator for opening said gate which extends into the socket;
- a rope or line attached to a formation on said fastening device;
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- an elongated member having an outer end slidably received in said socket of said fastening device and arranged to engage said actuator so as to open said gate when the body portion of said fastening device is slid rearwardly with respect to the elongated member towards the inner end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.