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US 4,027,360 AGranted
Tie down brackets for securing bights of flexible members
OwnerWillard W. Moserinventor
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Abstract
A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting body. The spring mounting body includes a projecting finger which cooperates with a spring mounted on the body. The spring defines with the base plate an opening adjacent the finger for receiving and retaining the bight or loop of the flexible member.
Claims6
A tie down bracket, comprising:
- a base plate;
- a spring-supporting body secured to said base plate and including:
- a flat back surface abutting said base plate;
- a dished-out portion;
- a central portion;
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- an apertured retainer finger projecting as a cantilever from said central portion or the opposite side thereof from said dished-out portion and extending parallel to said base plate and spaced therefrom;
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- an elongated spring plate having:
- a first end secured to said spring supporting body in the dished-out portion thereof and on the opposite side thereof from said flat back surface;
- a second end hooked over the free end of said retainer finger;
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- a V-shaped portion between said ends projecting through the aperture in said retainer finger and defining with said base plate and with the central portion of said spring supporting body, a retainer space for retaining the bight of a flexible member.
10 more elements
A tie down bracket comprising:
- a spring supporting body adapted for securement to a base structure and including:
- a flat back surface for abutting contact with a substantially monoplanar surface of such base structure upon which said spring supporting body is mounted;
- a dished-out portion;
- a central portion;
- an apertured retainer finger projecting as a cantilever from said central portion on the opposite side thereof from said dished-out portion and extending parallel to said base plate and spaced therefrom;
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- an elongated spring plate having:
- a first end secured to said spring supporting body in the dished-out portion thereof and on the opposite side thereof from said flat back surface;
- a second end hooked over the free end of said retainer finger;
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- a reverse bent bight portion between said ends projecting through the aperture in said retainer finger and defining with said base plate and with the central portion of said spring supporting body, a retainer space for retaining the bight of a flexible member.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.