Adjustable length rope clip system
AssigneeSmart Tie LLC
InventorMark Peterson
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Abstract
An adjustable length rope clip for tethering an animal or other object on a lead rope providing a predetermined length of rope to be released when pressure is applied. The rope clip for attachment to a lead rope, the clip having a arm element for positioning a lead rope, or the like on the clip, providing means for retaining a predetermined length of rope, permitting the rope to be easily manually adjusted in length about the rope clip and permitting the a predetermined length of rope to be selectively released in a controlled manner upon application of pressure by the animal. The clip system providing means for re-positioning an attached animal, or the like, without the addition of other devices and without un-tethering the animal, even momentarily.
Claims12
A tethering device for use with an animal on a lead rope, for use to re-position the attached animal without the addition of other devices and without detaching the animal from the lead rope, even momentarily, comprising:
- a) a rope clip having a body, with a hook formed at one end of said body and a handle formed into the opposite end of said body, said handle having an opening formed therein for receiving a loop of a lead rope for attachment of a lead rope thereto;
- b) a spring clip element, further comprising a flat wire length of stainless steel shaped generally as a rectangle, the legs of the long sides of the rectangle having different lengths and each leg having a projecting end for receipt by a pair of bores formed in said body of the apparatus, the spring clip element attached to the hook portion of said body and temporarily closing said hook portion, for the temporary attachment of the tethering device to a fixed object;
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- c) at least one arm element extending outwardly from said body, configured and arranged to slidably engage a loop of the lead rope on said rope clip.
A tethering device for use with an animal on a lead rope, for use to re-position the attached animal without the addition of other devices and without detaching the animal from the lead rope, even momentarily, comprising:
- a) a rope clip having a body, with a hook formed at one end of said body and a handle formed into the opposite end of said body, said handle having an opening formed therein for receiving a loop of a lead rope for attachment of a lead rope thereto:
- b) a spring clip element, attached to the hook portion of said body and temporarily closing said hook portion, for the temporary attachment of the tethering device to a fixed object:
- c) at least one arm element extending outwardly from said body, configured and arranged to slidably engage a loop of the lead rope on said rope clip;
- d) said spring clip further comprises a flat wire length of stainless steel shaped generally as a rectangle, the legs of the long sides of the rectangle having different lengths and each leg having a projecting end for receipt by a pair of bores formed in said body of the apparatus;
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- e) wherein said arm element further comprises a two piece arm element having a pair of prongs and a shelf, said shelf for receiving the lead rope there-between, said shelf having an orifice formed there for receiving an adjustment bolt.
A tethering device for use with an animal on a lead rope, for use for re-positioning the attached animal without the addition of other devices and without un-tethering the animal from the lead rope, even momentarily, comprising:
- a) a rope clip having a body, with a hook formed at one end of said body and a handle formed into the opposite end of said body, said handle having an opening formed therein for receiving a loop of a lead rope for attachment of a lead rope thereto:
- b) a spring clip element, attached to the hook portion of said body, for temporarily closing said hook portion, for temporary attachment of the tethering device to a fixed object, said spring clip further comprises a flat wire length of stainless steel shaped generally as a rectangle, the legs of the long sides of the rectangle having different lengths and each leg having a projecting end for receipt by a pair of bores formed in said body of the apparatus;
- c) a two-piece arm element, having a pair of prongs and a shelf configured and arranged to slidably engage a loop of the lead rope received there-between, said shelf having an orifice for receiving an adjustment bolt;
- d) an adjustment bolt, received by said orifice in said shelf, said adjustment bolt provided to narrow the space between said shelf and said pair of prongs providing a range of potential adjustments to the lead rope placed between said pair of prongs and said shelf by providing drag on the lead rope, said range of adjustments providing a range of pressure needed to slip said lead rope through said arm element after application of pressure;
- e) wherein said arm element by receiving the lead rope thereabout permits the lead rope attached to said rope clip to be easily adjusted in length when pressure on the lead rope is removed;
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- f) wherein said adjustment bolt, by producing drag on the lead rope, provides means for permitting the a predetermined length of rope to be selectively released from said rope clip in a controlled manner upon application of pressure on the rope by the animal on the lead rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.