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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
The Crosby Group Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Roger E. Beall, Mounds, OK (US);
Paul A. Boeckman, Tulsa, OK (US);
Charles R. Garrett, Ramona, OK (US);
Larry Postelwait, Catoosa, OK (US);
The Crosby Group LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A thimble mechanism for retention of a shackle in a wire rope loop termination. In one preferred embodiment, a thimble device is provided for a shackle having a pair of opposed legs with each leg having an end with a width smaller than a depth. The thimble device includes a thimble body having an external arcuate edge with a rope groove for receipt of a wire rope therein. A central opening extends through the thimble body with the central opening larger than the width but smaller than the depth of the shackle ends. A keyway is provided in the thimble body extending from the central opening to the arcuate edge of the thimble body.