Means for anchoring an elongate member

An anchoring assembly for anchoring an elaborate member to a flat member, including in combination an anchoring device, the elongate member and the flat member, a slot formed in the flat member and leading to an edge thereof, the anchoring device comprising a sleeve which is fixable coaxially around said elongate member, a peripheral groove formed on the sleeve, the axial length of the groove being sufficient to accommodate the thickness of such flat member at said slot, such groove defining a neck which is a close fit into said slot, and at least one ring member carried by the sleeve which is axially moveable along said sleeve from a first position in which it is spaced from and clear of said groove into a second position in which it is adjacent said groove, a projection being proved on said flat member, and in said second position the ring member forming an interlock with the projection such as to prevent and resist withdrawal of the sleeve from the slot in the flat member.