Patent ID: 8491027

Claim:
A device for securing and handling a tarpaulin comprising a substantially planer and rectangular, oblong, elliptical or paddle-shaped base member having (i) a first opening positioned at one end of the base member and formed to enable the hand of a user of the device to grasp and hold the device, (ii) a rigid post having one end fixed to the opposite end of the base member and extending in perpendicular relation to it, said post having a annular ring near the other end of the post, a closure member hingeably attached at one end to a portion of the base member between the first opening and the post and having a hole in the opposite end formed to allow insertion of the post through the hole to snap-close the closure member in superposed relation to the base member, a hinge mounted between the base member and the closure member for moving the closure member between an open position substantially perpendicular to the base member and a closed position substantially superposed on the base member; and a second opening at the end of the base member having the first opening, the second opening being a bore extending from a top surface through a bottom surface and positioned between the first opening and end of the base member.