Patent ID: 6648301
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A manual tensioner comprising:a primary member and a secondary member; a spindle movably conjoins the primary member and the secondary member; the primary member comprises a pair of large and small parallel support arms, a cylindrical handle extends from a free end of the large parallel support arm, a protruding tab with a catch hole and a rivet hole are disposed in a section of a surface between the large parallel support arm and the cylindrical handle; a lower half of the small parallel support arm and the large parallel support arm are of similar dimensions and a free tip of the small parallel support arm is positioned against the large parallel support arm; the free tip of the small parallel support arm includes a tab at its top edge configured for insertion and positioning into the catch hole of the large parallel support arm, the rivet hole of the large parallel support arm is thereby aligned with a corresponding rivet hole of the small parallel support arm and conjoined by a rivet, enabling the large and small parallel support arms to be riveted into a single structural entity, the tab of the free tip of the small parallel support arm extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal length of the cylindrical handle; and the large and small parallel support arms each includes a spindle hole positioned away from the cylindrical handle to provide for the pivotable insertion of the spindle therethrough.