Line fastening device

Claim 2

A flexible member attached to an object its free end portion passing around and bearing against an anchor at a distance from said object, said free end portion attached to the flexible member between said object and said anchor by a rigid fastener, said fastener consisting of a plate containing multiple openings, said flexible member from said object threaded through said openings, frictionally engaging their sides, said fastener consisting of a second plate connected to and extending in a direction generally opposite to said first plate, containing a groove in its outer edge, leading to a slit whose adjoining edges are in close proximity, said slit connected to an opening within said plate, the free end portion of said flexible member having enlargements at intervals, said free end portion passed through said slit under compression between adjoining enlargements bearing against the margins of said opening on its opposite sides.

Claim 3

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein: said rigid fastener consisting of a plate containing multiple openings, said flexible member extending from said object, threaded through said openings frictionally engaging their sides, said plate spatially separated from a second plate, said second plate generally parallel to said first plate, directed away from the junction of said flexible member extending from the object and said first plate, the edge of said second plate furthest from said junction containing a groove leading to a slit whose adjoining eDges are in close proximity, said slit connecting with an opening within said second plate, said plates joined circumferentially on two opposing sides forming an open conduit through which said free end portion of said flexible member, containing enlargements at intervals on its free end portion is threaded said free end portion between adjoining enlargements passed under compression through said slit into said opening, said enlargements engaging the margins on both sides of said openings.

Claim 4

The invention as defined in claim 2, wherein: said free end portion when undergoing adjustment after release from its locked position remains confined in said circumferentially closed open conduit maintaining its alignment by bearing against the sides of said fastener from within allowing simple replacement to said locked position.

Claim 5

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein: force is transferred through said flexible member to said object by sliding said fastener away from said anchor point thereby lengthening the two limbs of said flexible member extending from said anchor to said fastener and shortening said flexible member between said fastener and said object, application of said force causes said fastener to take a horizontal position increasing friction between said flexible member and said fastener at their points of engagement.

Claim 6

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein: force is transferred through said flexible member to said object by applying force to said free end portion of said member after releasing it from said fastener by passing it out of said slit, thereby shortening the two limbs of said member extending from said anchor to said fastener, said free end portion being locked into the adjusted position by passing said free end portion between adjoining enlargements through said slit into said opening where said enlargements engage the margins on both sides of said opening.

Claim 7

The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein: an open conduit of rigid material circumferentially closed with a rigid lip continuous with and projecting from one end of said conduit, containing an opening permitting passage of a flexible member for attachment to said conduit, having multiple grooves extending into slits having sides in close proximity to each other, leading to openings within the wall of said conduit, said grooves, slits and openings situated on the opposite ends of the remaining free circumferential edges.

Claim 8

The invention as defined in claim 6, wherein: a flexible member slightly smaller than the opening in the lip, fastened to an anchor at a distance from said fastener, is passed through the opening and held inplace by an enlargement in the line such as a knot, one or more flexible members slightly smaller than said openings at the end of said slits, extending to anchor points opposite to that of said first anchor containing enlargements in the end portion of said flexible member larger than said openings in said fastener and located at measured intervals along said end portions are passed within said open conduit formed by the circumferential enclosure of the fastener, then forced under compression through said slits and held in a locked position by said enlargements bearing against the sides of said openings.

Claim 9

The invention as defined in claim 6, wherein: flexible members fastened to anchors containing enlargements at measured intervals at one end portion can be passed from opposite directions through said slits in said opposite free edges into said openings to be held in a locked position by the said enlargements on said end portions engaging the margins of said openings.