Claw
Abstract
Abstract A CLAW FOR USE IN HOISTING AND SECURING LOADS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BASE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE END OF A LINE, WITH THE LINE EXTENDING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM ONE END OF THE BASE, AND A HOOK FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE BASE AND EXTENDING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER END OF THE BASE. THE BASE HAS A LINE-RECEIVING PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A SLOT ON ONE SIDE OF THE CLAW WHICH PERMITS SLIPPING A LINE INTO THE PASSAGE, AND MEANS IN THE PASSAGE FOR SECURING THE LINE. THE HOOK JOINS THE BASE ON THE SIDE OF THE CLAW OPPOSITE THE SLOT, CURVES OVER THE AXIS OF THE CLAW TO FORM A SADDLE, AND THEN EXTENDS ALONG A LINE PARALLELLING THE AXIS OF THE CLAW TOWARD THE BASE ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE CLAW. THE HOOK TERMINATES AT A FREE END WHICH IS SPACED AXIALLY FROM THE BASE. A PAIR OF SPACED-APART FLANGES EXTEND ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CLAW OPPOSITE THE SLOT AND CONTINUE IN FLANGES THROUGHOUT THE CURVATURE OF THE HOOK.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles C Wallace
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