Tie down anchor devices and products thereof
OwnerStewart I. McDonaldinventor
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Abstract
A method for making a tie down anchor strap device and the product thereof. The strap device comprises a rectangular strip of flexible plastic mesh material having a predetermined number of plastic grommets at each end or in spaced groups along the strip. The method comprises making a tie down anchor device with insert injection molding machines to form plastic infused circular regions which are subsequently punched to cut X-shaped openings. One tie down anchor device embodiment is used to secure cargo in the bed of a pickup truck between tie down hooks and racks of various types. A second embodiment provides a doubled anchor strap device. A third embodiment comprises the production of a roll of a tie anchor strip with spaced groups of plastic grommets for edging a tarpaulin sheet.
Claims5
A method for making a tie down anchor strap device comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting a length of a rectangular strip of flexible plastic web material;
- (b) insert injection molding by an injection molding element to infuse synthetic resin material into predetermined circular regions in the web material;
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- (c) cutting an X-shape in a grommet of synthetic resin in the web material with a sharp punch to create an X-shaped cut to form a tie down anchor strap device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.