Patent ID: 7334955

Claim:
An adjustable turnbuckle head assembly, comprising: a pivot housing, said pivot housing having a first side portion and a bottom portion, said pivot housing further comprising opposing first and second frame members each having interior sidewalls; a pivotable handle, said pivotable handle secured to said pivot housing at a first pivot axis; an upper attachment device having an upper end with an attachment feature and a lower end pivotally affixed to said pivotable handle at a second pivot axis; said lower end of said upper attachment device displaceable arcuately in a direction outward from said first side portion of said pivot housing when said pivotable handle is moved toward a first, open position; said lower end of said upper attachment device displaceable arcuately in a direction inward toward said first side portion of said pivot housing when said pivotable handle is moved toward a second, closed position; an attachment feature attached to said bottom portion of said pivot housing, said attachment feature adapted to securely receive a complementary end portion of a tensionable member, and wherein said attachment feature comprises a caged nut, said caged nut secured or secureable against rotation when said threaded end receptor of a tensionable member is rotated with respect to said caged nut, said caged nut is dimensioned for interference anti-rotation fit within said interior sidewalls of said first and second frame members of said pivot housing, said caged nut welded to said pivot housing.