Ships – Sail or control means therefor – Fastening device for sail
Patent
1984-03-08
1986-05-27
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Sail or control means therefor
Fastening device for sail
24241SL, 59 89, 294 8234, B63H 908
Patent
active
045908826
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to shackles.
In more detail a shackle comprises a body component and a latch component wherein the latch component includes a latch arm hinged to the body component to form a closed loop therewith when latched, the latch arm having that end thereof remote from the hinge shaped for engagement with the body and to restrain opening from a latched position, a plunger housed within the body and movable against a biassing force between a first position in which the plunger extends into the latch arm to hold the latch arm in a latched position and a second position in which the plunger is withdrawn to permit opening of the latch arm, and wherein the body component includes a bore which communicates with an enlarged space, the bore serving, in use, to receive a stopper knot which prevents removal of the rope through the bore.
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