Fitting for attachment to a rope

Abstract

One preferred embodiment includes an elongate tubular body having a passage for insertion of a rope therethrough along the lengthwise axis of the body. A V-shaped or tapered notch is defined through a walling structure of the body with a wider open mouth portion of the notch open through a first end of the body, the notch extends in a narrowing fashion toward a second end of the body. Secured to the exterior of the walling of the body near the second end is a rope holding structure, the rope holding structure sized for receiving and holding a portion of the rope. A preferred embodiment the rope holding structure is a slotted tube or hook. The rope holding structure is positioned relative to the V-shaped notch to hold a rope in a curved shape between the mouth of the V-shaped notch and the rope holding structure wherein with pulling on the rope in a direction to draw the rope through the passage from the body first end toward the second end, the curved portion of the rope is drawn tightly into the V-shaped notch where it is tightly pinched to secure the rope stationary relative to the rope fitting. One embodiment uses solid material such as plastics or metal to define the tubular body; another embodiment uses stiff resilient coiled wire to define the tubular body, and yet another embodiment uses an elongate plate body instead of a tubular body.

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