# US 8,740,275 B2 · Attachment device for attaching slinging or lashing means > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,275 B2 - Document ID: US8740275B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/070,231 - Filed: 2008-02-15 - Published: 2008-06-19 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2001-12-21 - Assignees: RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG - Applicants: Reinhard Smetz - Inventors: Reinhard Smetz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740275B2 ## CPC - F16G 15/08: Swivels - B66C 1/66: for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof - F16G 15/00: Chain couplings, Shackles; Chain joints; Chain links; Chain bushes (making chain elements B21L) - Y10T 403/32975: Rotatable - F16G: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR - B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Disclosed is an attaching device for attaching stopping or lashing means to objects that are to be transported or tied down, comprising a fixing element (1), an attaching element (16), and a connecting element (15) which is rotatably mounted on a socket (4) wrapped around the fixing element (1) and connects the attaching element (16) to the fixing element (1). The connecting element (15) leans against ring flanges (6, 7) placed at the ends of the socket (4) via series of rolling bodies (12, 13) so as to allow said connecting element (15) to rotate without jerking and make it sufficiently tilt-proof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An attachment device for attaching slinging or lashing means to articles which are to be transported or lashed, said attachment device having a fastening element (1) for fastening said attachment device to said articles, said fastening element formed by a bolt, having an attachment element (11, 16) for the slinging or lashing means, and having a connecting element (10, 15) which connects the fastening element (1) to the attachment element (11, 16) such that the connecting element is rotatable relative to the fastening element (1), on a two-part bushing (4) enclosing the fastening element (1) over part of a length of the fastening element, an axial position of the connecting element on the two-part bushing (4) being secured by annular flanges (6, 7) arranged at opposite ends of the bushing (4), wherein the connecting element (10, 15) is supported on the bushing (4), in a region on each of the annular flanges (6, 7) of the bushing (4), by a series of rolling-contact bodies (12, 13), characterized in that the series of rolling-contact bodies (12, 13), together with the connecting element (10, 15) and the bushing (4), form angular roller bearings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The attachment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the two parts (2, 3) which form the bushing (4) overlap at least partially and, in the region of their overlap, are connected to one another by a press fit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The attachment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the attachment element (11, 16) is mounted in a pivotable manner on the connecting element (10, 15) at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the fastening element (1). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The attachment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the connecting element (15) has a fork head (17) in which the attachment element (16) can be suspended. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The attachment device as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the fork head (17) is provided with an eyelet (20) which adjoins an introduction gap (18), which can be bridged by a transverse bolt (19), and of which the inside width (W2) is greater than the inside width (W1) of the introduction gap (18). ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The attachment device as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the attachment element (16) is provided with a flattened zone (21), of which the thickness (a) is smaller than the inside width (W1) of the introduction gap (18). ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The attachment device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the attachment element (11, 16) is formed by a suspension member which can be swung over the fastening element (1). ### Claim 8 An attachment device for attaching slinging or lashing means to articles which are to be transported or lashed, said attachment device having a fastening element (1) for fastening said attachment device to said articles, said fastening element formed by a bolt, having an attachment element (11, 16) for the slinging or lashing means, and having a connecting element (10, 15) which connects the fastening element (1) to the attachment element (11, 16) such that the connecting element is rotatable relative to the fastening element (1), on a two-part bushing (4) enclosing the fastening element (1) over part of a length of the fastening element, an axial position of the connecting element on the two-part bushing (4) being secured by annular flanges (6, 7) arranged at opposite ends of the bushing (4), wherein two series of rolling-contact bodies (12, 13) are mounted between the connecting element (10, 15) and the annular flanges (6, 7) of the bushing (4), characterized in that the two series of rolling-contact bodies (12, 13), together with the connecting element (10, 15) and the bushing (4), form angular roller bearings.