Patent ID: 8540200

Claim:
A device for securing line or rope to a flat surface, the device comprising: a spindle, the spindle having a head, the head having a top and a bottom, the head connected to a threaded shaft, the head and spindle having a hole there through, the threaded shaft inserted through the flat surface; a fastener, the fastener having a top and a bottom, the fastener having a threaded hole approximately in the center, a flat on the bottom, the fastener threaded to the shaft such that the bottom of the head and the top of the fastener is secured against the top and bottom of the flat surface; a loop of rope, the loop having two ends, the ends of the loop inserted into the hole in the head and exiting the bottom of the shaft, the loop ends tied into a knot, the knot located exterior to the bottom of the shaft, the knot thereby preventing the loop from being pulled back into the bottom of the shaft; and the loop of the rope extending from the top of head and above the flat surface for insertion of the line thereby securing the line to the device.