Patent ID: 6079601
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An anchorage device for securing an object disposed on a vehicle, said anchorage device comprising:an openable clamp configurable between open and secured configurations, said clamp being positionable about a load carrier strut when in the open configuration;a tensioning device extending through mutually overlapping end portions of said clamp, said tensioning device adapted to fix one of said end portions against a load carrier strut;one of said end portions having a closed aperture through which the tensioning device extends and said other of said end portions having an open recess for accommodating said tensioning device therethrough and each of said end portions having abuttable surfaces configured for abutting engagement one to the other responsively to tensioning of said tensioning device; andeach of said abuttable surfaces being grooved for interlocking engagement therebetween.