Patent ID: 6672237
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B63B,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for securing a rope to a structure, the apparatus comprising:a) a base having integrally formed mounting lugs for mounting the base to a structure, the base further having an upright portion with a socket having a bottom, an open top, and a first pair of opposed interior recesses, the upright portion further having a front face and a rear face, each face having a first aperture therethrough, the first apertures concentrically aligned with one another; b) a plunger located within the socket, a portion of the plunger extending through the open top, the plunger translatable in the socket and having a pair of downwardly extending locking tabs complementary to the opposed recesses and engaged therewith to retain the plunger within the socket, the plunger further having a second aperture therethrough selectively concentrically aligned with the first apertures; and, c) a biasing means mounted within the socket at the bottom thereof and engaged with the plunger to upwardly bias the plunger and normally misalign the first and second apertures.