Patent ID: 7394005
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A cable anchor for connecting a cable having a cable diameter with an enlarged end, comprising a cylindrical body with a top and a bottom and having an axial bore therethrough ending in intersection with a second bore at an acute angle, the second bore being directed downward from the axial bore and opening at a body side, the body having a body slot extending partially along the body side and through the cylindrical body through the acute angle from the body side to a body axis, the body slot being larger than the cable diameter and smaller than the enlarged end and the axial bore being larger than the enlarged end adapted to receive the cable enlarged end into the axial bore at an anchor body top and through the axial bore to the intersection with the second bore and then downward through the second bore to outside of the cylindrical body with the cable inserting in the body slot and the enlarged head end moving along the slot outside the body such that when the cable is pulled upward through the axial bore, the cable enlarged end which is larger than the body slot is pulled against the body slot and the anchor body and is thus anchored to the cable anchor.