Patent ID: 9726255
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60C,B66C,F16G

Claim:
1. A shackle comprising the following elements: a bail with two lugs attached at each end; a first lug having a through hole and an outer and inner face; a second lug having a through hole and an outer and inner face; the second lug through hole being larger in diameter than the through hole of the first lug; a closure cross member with a head at one end; the closure cross member passing through the through hole of the second lug and into and through the through hole of the first lug and mating up to the outer face of the second lug by the head; the portion of the closure cross member passing into and through the through hole of the first lug being attached by mechanical means to the first lug; the closure cross member having a concave cross sectional shape between the inner faces of the first lug and second lug.