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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Geert Van Gijsel, Goirle, NL;
Peter Naaijkens, Tilburg, NL;
Raymond S. Laughlin, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Geert van Gijsel, Goirle, NL;
Peter Naaijkens, Tilburg, NL;
Raymond S. Laughlin, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
A suspension or staying system uses a length of wire or cable with a hook or plain bead secured to one end. The hook may be secured directly or indirectly to a structure. The other or free end of the wire or cable is extended through a jam cleat and around an object to be suspended or stayed, and then back through the jam cleat to form a tightenable, adjustable loop simply by pulling on the free end. The jam cleat uses swinging wire gripping levers accommodating a range of wire sizes driving the wire against a curved sufface tightly to grip the wire to prevent wire movement in one direction. In one form the jam cleat may be locked for seismic applications.