Patent ID: 7810220

Claim:
A coupling device for engaging an anchor member, the coupling device comprising: a frame defining a top wall and a pair of juxtaposed sides extending downwardly from the top wall to a bottom surface, the frame defining a mouth between the top wall and the bottom surface at one end thereof and an opposite end, the mouth defining an opening thereto, the bottom surface defining an opening between the mouth and the opposite end of the frame, the opening in the bottom surface opening to a void defined between the sides of the frame that is separate from the mouth, and a lever movably mounted to the frame at a mounting location, the lever having a distal end that is movable relative to the frame between a first position in which the distal end of the lever covers the opening of the mouth and a second position in which the distal end of the lever does not cover the opening of the mouth, the lever defining a manipulation portion between the mounting location and the distal end that extends through and below the opening in the bottom surface of the frame when the distal end is in the first position, the manipulation portion responsive to a direct pushing force applied thereto to extend through the opening in the bottom surface of the frame and into the void defined between the sides of the frame when the lever moves from the first position to the second position, and a biasing member positioned in the void defined between the sides of the frame, the biasing member extending between the top wall of the frame and the lever, the biasing member biasing the lever toward the first position.