Anchorage device

Claim 1

AN ANCHORAGE DEVICE FOR USE WITH A SUPPORT HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID ANCHORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED ROD, ONE END OF SAID ROD BEING SHAPED TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR EYE WITH THE FREE END OF THE ROD TURNED BACK AND ABUTTING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ROD, THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD BEING SHAPED STRAIGHT TO PROVIDE AN ELONGATED SHANK, A WASHER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR SHAPE AND HAVING AN OPENING DISPOSED GENERALLY CENTRALLY THEREIN AND RECEIVING SAID SHANK THERETHROUGH WITH SAID EYE ABUTTING ONE SIDE OF SAID WASHER, SAID WASHER HAVING A THICKNESS OF THE SAME ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AS THE DIAMETER OF SAID SHANK TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL RIGIDITY THEREFOR AND HAVING A DIAMETER OF THE SAME ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AS THE DIAMETER OF SAID EYE TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL BEARING SURFACE ON THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, A FIRST WELDMENT INTERCONNECTING SAID WASHER ADJACENT TO THE OPENING THERETHROUGH AND SAID EYE AT SAID FREE END OF SAID ROD, A SECOND WELDMENT INTERCONNECTING SAID WASHER ADJACENT TO THE OPENING THERETHROUGH AND SAID EYE ADJACENT TO THE JUNCTURE THEREOF WITH SAID SHANK, A THIRD WELDMENT INTERCONNECTING SAID FREE END OF THE ROD AND SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ROD, SAID WELDMENTS SECURELY ANCHORING SAID FREE END OF SAID ROD TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID ROD AND RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID WASHER AND SAID EYE TO PREVENT OPENING OF SAID EYE DURING THE USE OF SAID ANCHORAGE DEVICE, AND THE FREE END OF SAID SHANK BEING THREADED AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE OPENING IN AN ASSOCIATED SUPPORT WITH SAID WASHER AND SAID EYE DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT AND SAID THREADED SHANK END EXTENDING BEYOND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT.