Patent ID: 8407862
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A releasable connector comprising: a housing having axially aligned opposite open ends; a connector link having a main tension leg extending through the housing and movable along an axis generally parallel to the axis of the housing ends, a return loop extending from each end of the tension leg, said loops having opposite spaced free ends; a pair of axially spaced plungers slidably mounted in opposite ends of the housing and secured therein for limited axial movement parallel to the tension leg between respective end stops in the housing; and, a bias spring mounted in the housing between the plungers and biasing the plungers against the end stops and engaging the free ends of the loops in a static position, each of the free ends of the loops being selectively axially movable against the bias of the spring to release a selected free end of the loops from engagement and to free said end for connection.