Title: Tie down brackets for flexible members

Abstract: A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting body. The spring mounting body includes a projecting finger which cooperates with a spring mounted on the body. The spring defines with the base plate an opening adjacent the finger for receiving and retaining the bight or loop of the flexible member.

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Inventors: Moser, Willard W. (Guymon, OK, US)

Application Number: 564806
Filing Date: 1975-04-03
Publication_date: 1976-08-10
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Primary Class(es): 24/714 24/115K, 24/600.9, 24/713.3
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

291633	Jan, 1884	Shaw	248/353.
778215	Dec, 1904	Breckenridge	248/353.
880251	Feb, 1908	Stimpson	24/146.
1199373	Sep, 1916	Hagelstein	24/255.
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3430904	Mar, 1969	Soltysik	248/74.

Other Refs: 142,0071,123,232

Jul, 1903	DD
Aug, 1968	UK

Primary Examiner: Gelak, Bernard A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Laney, Dougherty, Hessin & Fish