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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Applicants:
David Ackerman, Dorchester, GB;
Ian Mays, Faringdon, GB;
Stephen Mark Trafford, Lyme Regis, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amsafe Bridport Limited, Dorset, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 11/00 (2006.01); A44B 1/04 (2006.01); B66C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thimble providing a first convex surface about a first axis and a second convex surface about a second axis, the first and second axes being substantially perpendicular to each other and the first and second surfaces being opposite each other, the thimble being such that a first length of elongate material can be wrapped over said first convex surface and back on itself to form a first loop around the thimble and a second length of elongate material can then be wrapped over said second convex surface through said first loop and back on itself to form a second loop around the thimble.