Patent ID: 8801784

Claim:
An assembly for securing a plurality of ligaments to a bone, comprising: a one piece body including a stem terminating in an end situated and crosswise accessible sleeve shaped housing exhibiting an open circular profile; a pair of semispherical shaped seating portions supported in opposite facing directions within said sleeve shaped housing in a first retracted position, said stem and housing collectively defining a linear extending interior adapted for receiving the plurality of ligaments arranged in an extending bunch and compressively gripping the ligaments; a trigger mechanism incorporated into said body and laterally outwardly displacing said seating portions from within said sleeve shaped housing into a second expanded and engagement position within a previously undercut location defined within the bone and upon pre-inserting said sleeve shaped housing into an aligning position with the undercut location, said body and ligament bunch adapted to being anchored to the bone; said trigger mechanism further including a slot extending along a lengthened upper trunk end of said stem, a button projecting from said slot and, upon being translated upwardly, actuating a linkage for laterally outwardly displacing said seating portions; and said linkage further including a gear rack mechanically linked to at a lower end to said button, upon being upwardly actuated, said button engages a rotatably supported gear, rotation of said gear coactively rotating a pair of threaded shafts supported within said sleeve shaped housing, with opposite extending ends of said shafts threadably inter-engaging within internal threaded pockets defined in a base of each seating portion and driving laterally outward displacement of said seating portions.