Connector for attachment of a leash or the like

In the combination of a body board having an upper and a lower surface and a passage extending through said board and opening on said upper and lower surfaces, a connector for attaching a leash to said body board and a leash attached thereto, said connector comprising a male coupler and a female coupler, said couplers including an elongated body and an enlarged disk shaped head at one end thereof, said female coupler further including an axially extending bore in said body opening at one end for receiving at least a portion of said body of male coupler for securing said couplers together, the enlarged disk shaped heads of said male and said female couplers defining an essentially planer outer and inner face, said body of said male coupler and said female coupler being inserted through opposite openings of said passage and received therein with said body of said male coupler secured in said bore of said female coupler to clamp said board between said inner surfaces of the male and female coupler heads thereby to secure said connector to said board:

• the improvement comprising a leash cord passage extending through said head of one of said couplers to open at the outer and inner faces thereof, said passage being located along a radius of said head between its periphery and said body of said coupler, a radially extending slit from said leash cord passage to the periphery of said head, the area of said head adjacent said slit being resilient to allow said slit to be opened for the insertion of said leash cord and to be returned to the normally closed position, said leash being looped around said coupler body and extending upwardly through said leash cord passage thereby attaching said leash to said board when said device is secured in said board.

In a connector for attaching a leash to a body board having an upper and a lower surface and a passage extending through said board and opening on said upper and lower surfaces, said connector comprising a male coupler and a female coupler, said couplers including an elongated body and an enlarged disk shaped head at one end thereof, said female coupler further including an axially extending bore in said body opening at one end for receiving at least a portion of said body of male coupler for securing said couplers together, the enlarged disk shaped heads of said male and said female couplers defining an essentially planer outer and inner face, said body of said male coupler and said female coupler being inserted through opposite openings of said passage and received therein with said body of said male coupler secured in said bore of said female coupler to clamp said board between said inner surfaces of the male and female coupler heads thereby to secure said connector to said board:

• the improvement comprising a leash cord passage extending through said head of one of said couplers to open at the outer and inner faces thereof, said passage being located along a radius of said head between its periphery and said body of said coupler, a radially extending slot from said leash cord passage to the periphery of said head, a rotatable disk mounted over the outer face of said head, said rotatable disk having a radially inwardly extending slot from the periphery of said rotatable disk, said slot defining an enlarged inner end located in said rotatable disk a distance equal to the distance from said cord passage to the periphery of said head, said rotatable disk being movable between a first position with its slot overlying and aligned with said slot and said cord passage in said coupler head and a second position with its slot out of alignment with said slot in said coupler head.