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Jamming cleat
OwnerHoward Emeryinventor
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A jamming cleat having a groove 156 for receiving a flexible elongate element 180, said groove being defined between opposed side walls 158 each of which is provided with a plurality of ridges 170 for gripping such an elongate element received in the groove, said ridges being inclined with respect to a base 162 of the groove in an axial direction of the groove away from an end 172 of said groove base, the ridge of each side wall disposed furthest from said end 172, the rear most ridge, having a distal end 174 disposed further from said groove base 162 than the respective distal end 176, 178 of the other ridges of the respective side wall. The arrangement of the ridges 170 is such that a flexible elongate element inserted therebetween in a generally lateral direction of the groove towards an end 173 of the groove base is first received at least between the rearmost ridges.
A jamming cleat having a groove for receiving a flexible elongate element, said groove being defined between opposed side walls each of which is provided with a plurality of ridges for gripping such an elongate element received in the groove, said ridges being inclined with respect to a base of the groove in an axial direction of the groove away from an end of said groove base, the ridge of each side wall disposed furthest from said end having a distal end disposed further from said groove base than the respective distal end of the or each other ridge of the respective side wall.
A jamming cleat comprising a base and two side walls extending from said base in opposed relationship, said side walls defining a groove extending in a lengthwise direction of the cleat and each being provided with a plurality of ridges for gripping a flexible elongate element received in the groove, the ridges being inclined with respect to a base of the groove in an axial direction of the groove away from an end of the groove base, the ridge of each side wall disposed furthest from said end having a distal end disposed further from said base of the cleat than the respective distal end of the or each other ridge of the respective side wall.
A method of securing a flexible elongate element by means of a jamming cleat having a groove for receiving such an elongate element, said groove being defined between side walls disposed in fixed relationship and each provided with a plurality of ridges for gripping such an elongate element received in the groove, the ridges being inclined with respect to a base of the groove in an axial direction of the groove away from an end of said base, the method comprising the step of orientating the cleat such that such an elongate element inserted between said ridges in a generally lateral direction of the groove is first received at least between the respective ridges of each side wall disposed furthest from said end of the groove.
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