Patent ID: 6058578
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A44B,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A clamp for joining the ends of a cord, comprising:a cup-like hollow shell having a center through hole and two coupling grooves at two opposite sides of said center through hole;a retaining member plugged into said cup-like hollow shell to hold down the ends of the cord being inserted into the center through hole on said cup-like hollow shell, said retaining member comprising a clamping unit at one end plugged into said cup-like hollow shell, and a head integral with one end of said clamping unit and stopped outside said cup-like hollow shell, said clamping unit comprising a tapered hollow block extended from said head, a rectangular frame, two elongated connecting walls connected between said tapered hollow block and said rectangular frame at top and bottom sides, a receiving hole defined within said rectangular frame which receives the ends of the cord, and two springy clamping arms respectively raised from left and right side walls of said rectangular frame and curved towards said tapered hollow block and terminating in a respective end block, the end blocks of said springy clamping arms being forced inwards and clamped on the ends of the cord at two opposite sides to hold down the ends of the cord in said retaining member.