Patent ID: 6928704

Claim:
A cleat device mountable to a supporting structure for having a cable or rope that supports a load laced thereto, comprising a base having a longitudinal axis, longitudinally opposite end portions and a top surface, at least three longitudinally spaced jam lugs joined to the base to extend above the top surface, the three jam lugs including a first and a second jam lug and an intermediate jam lug longitudinally intermediate the first and second jam lugs, each of the jam lugs at least one of alone and in combination with the base having a generally V-shaped notch, the intermediate jam lug notch opening transversely outwardly, the first and second lug notches opening transversely outwardly in a direction opposite the opening of the notch of the intermediate jam lug and on the transverse opposite side of the longitudinal axis from that of the notch of the intermediate jam lug to be transversely offset from the notch of the intermediate jam lug, a hook lug mounted to the base longitudinally opposite the first jam lug from the intermediate jam lug and having a cutout opening transversely outwardly in the direction opposite the opening of the notch of the first jam lug, the hook lug having an undersurface portion that is spaced from the base by a distance that is greater than the thickness of the cable, and an end lug joined to at least one of the base and the hook lug longitudinally opposite the hook lug from the first jam lug, the end lug having an aperture extending transversely therethrough for having the cable extended therethrough, the entire aperture being transversely offset from the cutout in the same direction that the first jam lug notch is offset from the cutout.