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US 5,671,509 AGranted
Rope lock
AssigneeSunco Products, Inc.
InventorMan Fu E. Yeung
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Abstract
A rope lock formed from of a single one-piece unit having a central bore and a groove portion that cooperate with each other in order to frictionly engage a line thereby releasably securing the line in a desired position whereupon no tying of the line is required and quick securement is ultimately achieved, the rope lock including a pliable boot to facilitate being mountable to flexible electronically weldable and heat-sealable materials.
Claims5
A rope lock for use with devices utilizing a flexible line facilitating the fastening of the line in a desired position, said rope lock comprising in combination:
- a main body having a top side, a bottom side, a flange portion, a first end and a second end;
- a central bore extending through said main body from said first end to said second end;
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- a gripping means for securing the line in a desired position, said gripping means being coupled to said main body intermediate to said first and second ends so as to cooperate with said central bore such that the line can be readily adjusted and re-secured without necessitating the movement of any parts;
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- a pliable boot sized to cooperatively receive said main body and said flange portion of said rope lock, said pliable boot extending out over said flange portion to facilitate being coupled to the device thereby securing said rope lock encompassed within to the device,
- whereby the line passes through said central bore and into engagement with said gripping means cooperating therewith so to releasably secure the line to said main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.