Patent ID: 7546665

Claim:
A cinch for a tether used to engage an object, said cinch comprising: a receptacle having a passage forming a path for receiving the tether in a loop, and an element connectable to one end of the tether with said element having a central passage to receive the tether within the central passage, said receptacle having a recess intersecting said path, said receptacle having a side with a slot extending through said side and opening into said passage, said element being received in said recess and removable from said receptacle with the tether moving through said slot to open the loop of the tether thereby permitting it to extend through an enclosed opening on the object or around the object with the tether being movable back through said slot to close said loop; and wherein said element is tapered and said recess is correspondingly tapered to receive said element; and wherein said element and said recess are frustroconical.