Patent ID: 6357978
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B60P,D07B

Abstract:
A load indicator to indicate tensile stress in a flat web, one end of which flat web is formed into a closed loop in order to receive a connecting part in the bite of the loop, which loop has two opposing flanks that extend from said bite so that said loop assumes an increasing elongated teardrop shape as said web is placed under increasing tension, said load indicator comprising: a generally U-shaped member, made of a single flat piece of resilient material with a closed end and two opposed legs extending from said closed end; with the closed end of the U-shaped member disposed in said bite, the two legs of said U-shaped member are resiliently biased away from each other and into at least partial contact with said flanks so that, as said web is placed under increasing tension, said two legs move toward one another providing a visual indication of tension in said web.