Patent ID: 7685684

Claim:
An elongated shaft configured to receive the expeditious attachment of a line thereto, comprising: an elongated shaft having adjacent to a first end thereof a short length radially extending post; said shaft having a recess therein at said first end so that thereby the portion of the shaft from about the position of said post to said first end is tubular providing a tubular wall; and a V-shaped notch formed in said tubular wall, the notch extending from about said post and a helical portion of the notch extending to said shaft first end, the notch being configured to provide a portion of said tubular wall that is tooth-like, said post serving to receive a loop from a bight of the line after which said bight can be wrapped around said shaft and then looped in said notch and beneath said tooth-like portion, an end of said line extending out said shaft tubular end.