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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
James Anthony McCrea, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Subject invention is a cable lock designed such that it may be adjusted by the user to be locked tightly around an object such as a surfboard. A sleeve fitting is swaged to a length of cable such that a loop is formed at the end of cable. This loop is used to secure the cable to a rack or other stationary component. A block is used to retain the cable around the object itself. The cable passes through a hole in one end of the block, wraps around the object, and slides into a slot in the other end of the block. An end fitting swaged to the cable prevents the cable from sliding out of the slot in a parallel direction. A padlock is used to prevent the cable from sliding out of the slot in a perpendicular direction. A setscrew is used to retain the block to the cable in the desired location.