Patent ID: 7401766
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: F16B,F41H

Abstract:
1. A change of direction device for use with a rope, wire or cable adapted to be connected to an item for pulling such item, comprising: an elongated, hollow shank member having a sharp end for penetrating a wall, an abutment plate at an end opposite said sharp end, and a pair of laterally opposed openings in a side wall thereof; a toggle-type anchoring means including an elongated threaded rod extending along said shank member and through said abutment plate, said rod including a pair of foldable toggle arms threadedly attached thereto within said shank member; and thumbwheel means threadedly engaged with said threaded rod, said thumbwheel means including wire loop means secured thereto; whereby in use said shank member is caused to penetrate said wall, bringing said abutment plate into abutting engagement with an outer surface of said wall, and said thumbwheel means, engaged with said threaded rod, is initially pulled away from said wall to bring said toggle arms into registry with said laterally opposed opening to permit said toggle arms to extend laterally through said openings and outwardly of said shank member, and then said thumbwheel means is rotated to bring said toggle arms into clamping contact with a rear surface of said wall, the rope, wire or cable being then passed through said wire loop for effecting a change in the direction of pull being applied thereto.