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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1976
Leonard F Eck, McPherson, KS (US);
William K Hagerty, Alhambra, CA (US);
Kansas Jack, Inc., McPherson, KS (US);
Abstract
A tiedown device for holding one end portion of a working element, such as a chain or cable, intended to be anchored or tied down. The tiedown device includes a tubular body member having a plurality of slots opening at one end of the body member so as to separate and define a plurality of cantilevered segments each capable of being forcibly urged outwardly into gripping relationship with a surrounding structure, such as a concrete floor slab, by a wedge member within the body member and having an exterior surface in engagement with the interior surface of the cantilevered segments. A top insert is positioned within the body member and has an end portion with one surface thereof in engagement with a portion adjacent the other end of the body member. Tension transmitting members extend between and are in engagement with the wedge member and the top insert and the tension transmitting members are capable of moving the wedge member toward the other end of the body member thereby effecting the gripping relationship of the body member and the surrounding structure. The end portion of the top insert has a slot therein capable of receiving and holding the one end portion of the working element. A cover member has a projection received in the slot in the end portion of the top insert and the cover member defines an abutment capable of preventing the working element from being removed from the top insert.