Patent ID: 8602950
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A63B,B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A spring connector for connecting one end of an elongated coil spring to an object, the connector comprising: an elongated connecting member having a head end and a foot end and a loop formed at the head end thereof extending out of the one end of the elongated coil spring; a handle body on the connecting member between the one end of the coil spring and the head end engaging and receiving a portion of the loop, wherein the handle body has a central axial bore therethrough receiving the elongated connecting member therein and a transverse slot in a base portion intersecting the central axial bore and receiving therein the portion of the loop, the slot having closed ends and a bottom shape complementary to part of the loop within the slot; a stopper body adapted to fit within the one end of the coil spring, the body having an axial bore through which the foot end of the connecting member extends; and a washer disc on the connecting member between the stopper body and a deformed section of the connecting member near the foot end of the connecting member.