Patent ID: 6575798
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A device for attaching a flexible linear element or link to an inflatable tube of a pneumatic craft, comprising a stud in the general shape of a spherical cap with a discoidal base for attachment to the inflatable tube, this stud comprising a through passage with a central channel that is substantially a cylinder of revolution extended on both sides by two flattened slots, the said passage emerging, at at least one end, in a cavity recessed into the stud,wherein the end of the flexible linear element is made fast to a locking peg that is capable of being engaged with a wedge action in said central channel of the through passage of the stud, and wherein said locking peg comprises, on the one hand, a shank made up of two axial parts capable of gripping the end of the flexible linear element and holding it mechanically and, on the other hand, an enlarged head integral with at least one of the axial parts and capable of being engaged in the said cavity of the stud to form a fastening.