Patent ID: 7540451
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. In combination: a portable component having a wall with oppositely facing inside and outside surfaces and an opening through the wall; a cable attaching assembly, the cable attaching assembly comprising an anchor element with first and second transverse legs that have a fixed angular relationship, the first leg capable of being directed into the opening substantially along a first line in a first direction into a first position with the anchor element in a first orientation, the anchor element capable of being reoriented relative to the portable component from the first orientation with the anchor element in the first position to thereby place the anchor element in an operative position wherein the first leg is situated in a confronting relationship with the inside surface of the wall on the portable article wherein the first leg abuts to the inside surface to prevent separation of the anchor element by movement thereof in the operative position substantially along the first line opposite to the first direction; and a cable connected to the anchor element, the cable, cable attaching assembly and portable component configured so that the cable blocks movement of the anchor element so as to thereby prevent the anchor element from being reoriented from the operative position in a manner that allows the anchor element to be withdrawn from the opening through the wall of the portable component, the anchor element being the only component on the cable attaching assembly directed into the opening to maintain the first leg in the opening.