Hanger for securing a line to a cleat
OwnerGilbert A. Martelloinventor
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Abstract
A hanger for attaching an end of a line into a cleat having an opening, the hanger having a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein the thickness and width are such that they may pass through the opening defined by the cleat and the length is greater than that of the opening, and a receiver formed on a hanger for securing the end of the line to the hanger, whereby upon passing the hanger lengthwise through the opening, the hanger is rotated to bring the length to bear on the walls of the opening preventing the hanger from passing back through the opening.
Claims30
A hanger for securing a line to a cleat, which has a pair of sidewalls lying in a plane defining an eye therebetween, the hanger comprising:
- a body portion having a length greater than the eye and a width less than the eye;
- a receiver carried on said body portion, said receiver being adapted to secure the line to said body portion;
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- a nose extending from said body portion such that, when the hanger is secured, it protrudes into the plane of the sidewalls.
A hanger used to fasten a line to a cleat having spaced sidewalls separated by a distance, the line hanger comprising:
- a body portion having a length greater than the distance between the sidewalls and a width less than the distance between the sidewalls;
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- a receiver carried on said body portion adapted to secure the line to said body portion, whereby the hanger is insertable lengthwise between the sidewalls and whereby said length of said body prevents passage of said body through the cleat in a widthwise manner.
A fender hanging assembly used in conjunction with a line and a cleat having sidewalls spaced by a distance, the fender hanging assembly comprising:
- a hanger supported on the line on one side of the fender said hanger including a body portion having a length greater than said distance and a width less than said distance, whereby said body portion is insertable between the sidewalls in a lengthwise fashion;
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- a buckle assembly supported on the line on the other side of the fender relative to said hanger, said buckle assembly including a buckle adapted to prevent the fender from moving farther from said hanger, and a tab extending from said buckle, whereby said tab is graspable to move said fender.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.