Patent ID: 8789485
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: B63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for securing an end portion of a length of rope for mooring a vessel, the device comprising: a housing with a first pair of apertures defining a first passage through the housing for receiving a length of a rope therethrough and a second pair of apertures defining a second passage through the housing for receiving an end portion of said rope therethrough, the housing having an interior wall underlying the first and second pair of apertures defining the first and second passages; a pin extending at least partially through the interior of the housing; a torsion spring disposed within the housing; a first cam member having a grooved edge portion and a lever, the grooved edge portion being a concave contact face extending the opposite end of the lever, the grooved edge portion further being pivotally mounted on the pin and biased by the torsion spring so as to pivot the first cam member's grooved edge towards the interior wall for engaging a length of rope received within the first housing passage between the first cam member's grooved edge and the interior wall, the lever being configured to enable pivotal movement of the cam member's grooved edge away from the interior wall for releasing said length of rope received in the first passage; and a second cam member having a grooved edge portion and a lever, the grooved edge portion being a concave contact face extending the opposite end of the lever, the grooved edge portion further being pivotally mounted on the pin and biased by the torsion spring so as to pivot the cam member's grooved edge in a direction towards the interior wall for engaging an end portion of said rope received within the second housing passage between the second cam member's grooved edge and the interior wall, the lever being configured to enable pivotal movement of the second cam member's grooved edge away from the interior wall for releasing the end portion of said rope received within the second housing passage.