Anchoring means for flexible tension member

Claim 1

A COMBINATION FASTENING MEANS FORMED WITH THE END OF A MULTIPLE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC FIBER STRAND FLEXIBLE TENSION MEMBER WHEREIN THE STRANDS AT THE END OF THE TENSION MEMBER ARE SEPARATED INTO INDIVIDUAL STRANDS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE UNSEPARATED PORTION OF THE TENSION MEMBER COMPRISING: (A) A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID LUG FORMED ABOUT THE SEPARATED INDIVIDUAL STRANDS; (B) SAID LUG FORMED OF A HARDENED RESIN PLASTIC HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF MEMORY AND A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF COLD FLOW, WHEREIN THE RESIN IN A LIQUID STATE IS PLACED ABOUT THE STRANDS AND CURE-HARDENED; (C) THE CURED HARDENED RESIN BEING COMPOUND TO HARDEN TO A POINT TO GIVE THE LUG A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF COMPRESSIBILITY AND ELASTICITY WITHOUT STRESS CRACKING WHEN THE TENSION MEMBER IS APPROACHING ITS SUBSTANTIALLY MAXIMUM TENSION; (D) THE OUTER END OF THE LUG BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN THE INNER END THEREOF AND HAVING A CONCAVE TAPERED FACE, SAID FACE BEING TAPERED INWARDLY FROM A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE OUTER LARGER END TO A THICKNESS OF THE TENSION MEMBER; (E) THE SEPARATED INDIVIDUAL STRANDS OF THE TENSION MEMBER BEING EXTENDED OUTWARDLY FROM THE UNSEPARATED PORTION AND THROUGH THE AREA OF THE TAPERED SECTION OF THE LUG; (F) A RIGID LUG SUPPORTING ELEMENT HAVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE LUG; (G) THE LUG RECEIVING MEANS BEING IN THE FORM OF A CAVITY BEING LARGER AT ONE END THAN AT THE OPPOSITE END AND OF SUCH DIMENSIONS AND CONFIGURATION AS TO CLOSELY RECEIVE THE LUG AND HAVING AN OPENING AT THE SMALLER END SUBSTANTIALLY THE SIZE OF THE TENSION MEMBER, THE COMPRESSIBILITY AND ELASTICITY OF THE LUG BEING SUCH THAT THE LUG CANNOT BE DRAWN THROUGH THE SMALL OPENING IN THE CAVITY WHEN TENSION ON THE TENSION MEMBER HAS APPROACHED SUBSTANTIALLY ITS TENSILE STRENGTH; (H) MEANS CARRIED BY THE LUG SUPPORTING ELEMENT FOR SECURING THE SAME TO A SUPPORTING OBJECT.