Patent ID: 8276311

Claim:
A reversibly disengagable line-stop member, comprising: an elongated line-clamping member having, at a line-clamping end, a plurality of line-clamping arms each with a line-gripping surface, at least one of said line-clamping arms having a line-clamping arm collar-stop element, the elongated line-clamping member having, at an opposing collar-mounting and retention end, a collar-mounting and retention portion having a retention portion collar-stop element, the elongated line clamping member having a longitudinal axial bore or channel suitable to allow slidable passage of a line therethrough; an engagement collar having an engagement collar channel therethrough and positionable along the line-clamping member, the engagement collar positionable in a line-engagement position to operatively and reversibly hold the plurality of line-clamping arms in a line-clamping or line-engagement position sufficient for fixedly engaging a line between a respective plurality of the line-gripping surfaces, and additionally positionable in a line-disengagement position to operatively and reversibly disengage the line from the respective plurality of line gripping surfaces; and an engagement collar positioning portion disposed between the line-clamping arm collar-stop element and the retention portion collar-stop element, the engagement collar positioning portion comprising means to reversibly position and retain the engagement collar on the line-clamping member in the line-engagement position, or in the line-disengagement position, wherein the retention portion collar-stop element is configured to delimit positioning of the engagement collar to preclude separation thereof from the elongated line-clamping member when the engagement collar is in the line-disengagement position, and wherein the line-clamping member is fixedly repositionable along a line.