Stable fail-safe cleat with automatic in-line locking cam
US7226043B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3944
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A failsafe stable cleat with automatic in-line line-locking includes a frame having proximate and a remote sides on substantially opposite sides of the frame and formed with a passageway, extending between the proximate and remote sides, for receiving a line and generally defining a cleat center line along which a line can move along a first line releasing direction from the proximate to the remote sides and a line pulling direction from the remote to the proximate sides; attaching members for attaching the frame to a support surface. A cam on the frame on one side of the passageway has a line engaging portion spaced a predetermined distance from the support surface, the cam being movable between a line releasing position and a line locking position. A pusher on the frame is positioned on an opposite side of the passageway in relation to the cam for selectively applying a force on the line in the direction of the cam A cam biasing member tends to urge the cam to disengage from the line while a pusher biasing member normally tends to move the line across the gap into contact with the cam while permitting the line to return to the passageway out of contact with the cam when sufficien…
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