Patent ID: 6030007
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A01K,B63B,B63H,B65H

Abstract:
A method of fastening at least one line to an object to form a continually adjustable nonreturn knot, the at least one line having a working end, a working part, a standing end and a standing part, the object having a front surface portion and a rear surface portion and having at least three separate passages extending therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:(a) threading the working end of the at least one line through a first passage in the object, from the rear surface portion to the front surface portion of the object;(b) passing the working end of the at least one line from the front surface portion of the object to the rear surface portion thereof along a second passage spaced apart from the first passage;(c) passing the working end of the at least one line from the rear surface portion of the object to the front surface portion thereof along a third passage, the first passage, the second passage, and the third passage being spaced apart from each other;(d) passing the working end of the at least one line along the front surface portion of the object and threading the working end between the working part of the at least one line along the second passage and the front surface portion of the object to create a nip where the at least one line is pinched therebetween, the nip adding a sufficient amount of friction to that produced at other areas of contact between the working part of the at least one line and the object to prevent the at least one line from being pulled through the knot from the direction of the standing end but adding an insufficient amount of friction to prevent the at least one line from being pulled through the knot from the direction of the working end, thereby allowing the length and tension of the standing part of the line at least one to be continually adjusted by pulling on the working end of the at least one line; and(e) attaching a release line, proximate the nip, to the working part of the at least one line along the second passage, thereby providing a means for relieving the friction introduced at the nip sufficiently to allow the at least one line to be pulled through the knot from the direction of the standing end of the at least one line when the release line is pulled.