Patent ID: 7013684
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for coupling a cable lock to a surfboard, comprising: a housing having a passage extending therethrough, said passage defined by a first portion and a second portion adjacent to said first portion; a pin having a longitudinal axis and slidably fitted within said passage, said pin having a first end and a second end wherein at least one of said first end and said second end is in said housing at all times; a ring coupled to said first end of said pin, said ring being sized and shaped to slidably fit only in said first portion of said passage and adapted to receive a cable therethrough when at least a portion of said ring protrudes from said housing, said second end of said pin protruding from said second portion of said passage when said ring is at least partially in said first portion of said passage such that said ring is adapted to prevent passage of the cable therethrough; swivel means incorporated in said pin and maintained in said housing at all times for allowing said second end of said pin to rotate (i) relative to said first end of said pin, and (ii) about said longitudinal axis; and jaw means coupled to said second end of said pin, said jaw means being free to open when said second end of said pin protrudes from said housing, said jaw means being forced to close when said second end of said pin is within said second portion of said passage wherein, when open, said jaw means is adapted to be disposed on either side of a rod fixably mounted within a receptacle recessed in a surfboard and wherein, when closed, said jaw means is adapted to capture the rod therebetween.