Rope fastening and adjustment device

A method for connecting a rope fastening device to a rope, said method comprising:

• inserting a free end of a rope through a first rope receiving aperture in the rope fastening device from a rear side of the device toward an opposite front side of the device;
• pulling the free end of the rope through the first rope receiving aperture and diagonally across a neck of the rope fastening device on the front side of the rope fastening device;
• wrapping the free end of the rope around behind the neck adjacent the rear side of the rope fastening device;
• bringing the rope free end back to the front side of the rope fastening device and tucking the free end under itself adjacent the neck on the front side of the rope fastening device;
• passing the free end of the rope through a second rope receiving aperture from the front side of the device toward the rear side of the device so that the rope free end extends outwardly away from the rear side of the device and such that an X-shaped region is formed by the rope adjacent the neck on the front side of the rope fastening device where the rope free end is tucked under itself adjacent the neck.

A rope fastening system comprising:

• a rope fastening device and a rope engaged with the rope fastening device;
• said rope fastening device comprising a body including:
• (i) a neck that extends along a longitudinal axis and including opposite first and second ends;
• (ii) a connector portion located at said first end of said neck and comprising a connector adapted to be engaged by an associated article;
• (iii) a rope attachment portion located at said second end of said neck;
• said rope attachment portion of the rope fastening device comprising first and second rope engagement regions that project outwardly from said neck in opposite first and second directions, respectively, said first and second rope engagement regions comprising respective first and second rope receiving apertures defined therein;
• wherein said rope attachment portion of the rope fastening device is connected to the rope such that a free end of the rope extends through said first rope receiving aperture in a first direction, around said neck, under itself adjacent the neck, and through said second rope receiving aperture in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.