Patent ID: 8191208

Claim:
An attachment device for use with a tensioning device for tensioning an anchoring line and a threadable line, the tensioning device defining a first and a second mounting hole, the attachment device comprising: i) a line engaging pin including a cross-pin hole, the line engaging pin defining a pin head at one end that is configured to not fit through the mounting holes of the tensioning device; ii) a cross-pin mountable in the cross-pin hole, the cross-pin being configured to inhibit the line engaging pin from passing completely through the mounting holes when the cross-pin is mounted in the cross-pin hole; iii) a locking cam surface proximate the first mounting hole of the tensioning device; and iv) a spring element; wherein the cross-pin engages the locking cam surface under force of the spring element to retain the line engaging pin in the first and second mounting holes of the tensioning device.