String securing device
OwnerChin Chu Cheninventor
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Abstract
A string securing device includes a base having a central post extending centrally therefrom. A shaft extends through the passage in the central post so as to be connected to the cap mounted to the base by a bolt which extends through the cap from a top of the cap. A ring and a spool are located between the base and the cap, wherein the spool is rotated with the cap by engagement of first and second teeth on the spool and the cap respectively. The ring has multiple ratchet teeth which are removably engaged with third teeth on the cap so as to allow the cap to rotate in one direction. The ring includes flexible members which are deformed to lower the ring and provides straight and upward force to the cap.
Claims9
A string securing device comprising:
- a base having a skirt extending from a top thereof and the skirt defining a space, a central post extending centrally from an inner end of the space and having a passage defined axially therethrough;
- a shaft extending through the passage of the central post;
- a ring having multiple ratchet teeth extending from a top thereof and multiple flexible members connected to an underside of the ring, the ring located within the space defined by the skirt;
- a spool having an annular groove and a through hole defined axially through the spool, multiple first teeth extending radially from a top tubular portion of the spool and the spool mounted to the central post, a string connected to the spool, and
- a cap connected to the shaft and mounted to the base, multiple second teeth defined in an underside of the cap and engaged with the first teeth of the spool, and multiple third teeth defined in the underside of the cap and removably engaged with the ratchet teeth on the ring by a force provided by the flexible members of the ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.