Patent ID: 7076845

Claim:
A mechanical knot apparatus which attaches a loop of flexible line having a diameter to an object in a hitch-type knot fashion, said apparatus comprises: spool-shaped body having a major axis and a minor axis and opposing flanges; a slot perpendicular to the major axis of said spool-shaped body and positioned through the minor axis of said spool-shaped body with said slot having a long axis that is at least as great as twice the diameter of said flexible line and a short axis that is at least as great as the diameter of said flexible line; and a cross hole perpendicular to the major axis of said spool-shaped body and positioned through the minor axis of said spool-shaped body, substantially bisecting said slot; a retaining pin dimensioned to fit within said cross hole to prevent the loop of said flexible line from sliding back out of slot, wherein the loop of said flexible line is inserted through said slot and said retaining pin is inserted therein, then the loop of said flexible line is wrapped back around the opposing flanges of said spool-shaped body, cinching said apparatus up against the object that said apparatus is to be secured thereto.