Rope loop connection system for yachts
OwnerDonald B. Curchodinventor
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Abstract
A connection system for Yachts comprising a lightweight rope loop (2) and a body part for connecting sheets, sails and blocks. A tensile connecting device comprises a high strength fiber rope with a first enlarged terminated end that is held captive in a second body part having a shoulder (59a) such that said elongated loop is slipped over said shoulder to form a quickly connected and disconnected tensile joining device.
Claims10
A tensile connector for connecting a first rope to an object, comprising:
- a body that is formed to allow the first rope to be attached thereto, said body having a shoulder, said body also being formed to hold captive one end of an elongate rope loop that has one loop end held captive in said body and that has a free loop end;
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- wherein said free loop end of said elongate rope loop is adapted to being connected through the object and back over said shoulder of said body to thereby form a quickly attached and detached tensile connector for connecting said first rope and said object.
A tensile connector to connect a first rope to an object comprising:
- a body that is formed to allow the first rope to be attached thereto, said body having a shoulder, said body also being formed to hold captive with a cross pin one loop end of a second elongate rope loop that also has a free loop end;
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- wherein said free loop end of said elongate rope loop is adapted to being connected through the object and back over said shoulder of said body to thereby form a quickly attached and detached tensile connector for connecting said first rope and said object.
A connection system for connecting first and second objects under tensile load, comprising:
- a body having a centrally placed hole, having first and second external shoulders located around said centrally place hole;
- said first shoulder adapted to receive a first elongate rope loop connected to the first object;
- a free second end of the said first elongate rope loop connected to said first object and over said second shoulder to form a connection between said body and said first object;
- a second elongate rope loop that passes through said centrally placed hole having one end thereof retained in said central hole;
- said second elongate rope loop connected to said second body;
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- said second body able to rotate about said second rope loop to form a rotating connection device between said first and second objects.
A rope loop connection system and block assembly for securing a block to a second item, comprising:
- a block assembly having at least one sheave that is adapted to having a sheave load rope connected thereto;
- an elongate rope loop having a first end that is restrained by said block assembly;
- a second free end of said elongate rope loop that is connected to said second item and over a shoulder of said block assembly to provide a quickly attached and detached load connection block.
In a lightweight tensile loadable, removable, connection system, connecting two load items A and B under load, comprising:
- a connection body;
- means for connecting load item A to said connection body;
- at least one shoulder integral with said connection body and located adjacent to said load item A connection means;
- an elongate rope loop with terminating means at one end that is restrained by said connection body;
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- a free end of said elongate rope loop capable of fitting through said second load item B and over said shoulder to provide a removable, tensile, load connection between load items A and B.
A block assembly for connecting to a second body comprising:
- at least one sheave rotatably mounted between two side plates of a block;
- a shoulder on each side plate;
- a rope loop passing over each of said shoulders to provide a loop connection to said second body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.