Carrying device

Claim 1

A cable retaining device for forming a cable loop around an article, said device comprising: a cable having first and second ends; a ferrule fixed to said first end of said cable; a sleeve having first and second holes extending therethrough along parallel axes with the second hole being smaller in diameter than said ferrule; said cable extending through said second hole in said sleeve with the ferrule preventing the sleeve from separating from the cable by the first end passing through said second hole; said sleeve first hole being a slot in the side of said sleeve and including a recess offset to the side of the slot hole for holding said ferrule such that the cable can be inserted sidewise into said slot and the ferrule seated in said recess to lock said cable first end in said first hole, whereby said cable can be pulled through the second hole to tighten said cable around the article while said cable first end is held in said sleeve; wherein said slot in said sleeve has an L-shaped cross-section to hold the cable therein and said slot includes a first leg extending between said sleeve holes and intersecting said first hole with a second connecting leg extending away from said first leg such that the cable must first be moved towards said second hole for removal from said slot thereby to hold the cable in said slot.