Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Cord and rope holders – One-piece
Patent
1996-03-01
1997-10-14
Brittain, James R.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Cord and rope holders
One-piece
473539, F16G 1100
Patent
active
056758723
ABSTRACT:
A jamming cleat having a groove 156 for receiving a flexible elongate element 180, said groove being defined between opposed side walls 158 each of which is provided with a plurality of ridges 170 for gripping such an elongate element received in the groove, said ridges being inclined with respect to a base 162 of the groove in an axial direction of the groove away from an end 172 of said groove base, the ridge of each side wall disposed furthest from said end 172, the rear most ridge, having a distal end 174 disposed further from said groove base 162 than the respective distal end 176, 178 of the other ridges of the respective side wall. The arrangement of the ridges 170 is such that a flexible elongate element inserted therebetween in a generally lateral direction of the groove towards an end 173 of the groove base is first received at least between the rearmost ridges.
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