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US 6,601,273 B1Granted
Line securing assembly
OwnerPaul S. Raymondinventor
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Abstract
A line securing assembly for assisting a lone user in securely and rapidly tying lines. The line securing assembly includes a main block member which is preferably substantially rectangular and provides a fixable point for securing a line, and a plurality of notch portions positioned along an outer edge of the main block member, each of the notch portions being for receiving a line to be secured.
Claims8
A line securing assembly for use in conjunction with lines, ropes, and other securing elongate members comprising:
- a main block member being substantially rectangular, said main block member providing a fixable point for securing a line;
- a plurality of notch portions positioned on an outer edge of said main block member, each of said notch portions being for receiving a line to be secured, each notch portion having a front wall with first and second edges, a pair of tapered walls, each one of said tapered walls being coupled to said front wall along an associated one of said first and second edges, and pair of side walls, each side wall being coupled to an associated one of said pair of tapered walls, said notch portions receiving a line without compressing a diameter of the line.
A line securing assembly for use in conjunction with lines, ropes, and other securing elongate members comprising:
- a main block member being substantially rectangular, said main block member providing a fixable point for securing a line;
- a plurality of notch portions positioned on an outer edge of said main block member, each of said notch portions being for receiving a line to be secured, each notch portion having a front wall with first and second edges, a pair of tapered walls, each one of said tapered walls being coupled to said front wall along an associated one of said first and second edges, and pair of side walls, each side wall being coupled to an associated one of said pair of tapered walls, said notch portions receiving a line without compressing a diameter of the line;
- wherein said main block member having a length of approximately two and one half inches, said block member having a width of approximately one and one quarter inches, said main block member having a depth of approximately three eighths of an inch;
- wherein said plurality of notch portions comprises a first, second, and third notch portion;
- wherein said first and third notch portions being positioned adjacent to a bottom edge of said main block member, said second notch portion being positioned adjacent to a top edge of said main block member for facilitating engaging a line to be secured;
- wherein said first and third notch portions each having a longitudinal axis, said first notch portion being positioned such that said longitudinal axis being positioned approximately five eighths of an inch from a side edge of said main block member, said third notch portion being positioned such that said longitudinal axis being positioned approximately five eighths of an inch from a second side edge of said main block member;
- wherein said second notch portion having a longitudinal axis, said second notch portion being positioned such that said longitudinal axis being positioned approximately one and one quarter inches from said side edge of said main block member and approximately one and one quarter inches from said second side edge of said main block member;
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- wherein each one of said notch portions-being substantially v-shaped for facilitating engaging a line to be secured.
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