Patent ID: 8793843

Claim:
A method of making an endless loop lifting grommet, comprising the steps of: a) providing a body having opposed body end portions and a centrally positioned open area; b) each shaped end portion having a bore with first and second cylindrically shaped sections wherein the first section is of a larger diameter than the second section; c) providing a length of wire rope of metallic material having first and second wire rope end portions, each said wire rope end portion having an outer diameter, said wire rope being comprised of a plurality of individual wires; d) engaging a first said bore with the first wire rope end portion; e) engaging a second said bore with the second wire rope end portion; f) connecting the wire rope end portions to the body to form an endless loop grommet by adding a filler to the first section of each of the bores via the centrally positioned opening to envelope said rope end portions with a mass of adhesive filler material; g) wherein in step “f” neither wire rope end portion forms a knot and the said bores each provide a larger diameter section, each larger diameter section having an internal diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the wire rope end portion that occupies the said bore; h) wherein in steps “d” through “g” the wire rope end portions are spaced apart with the body centrally positioned open area in between the rope end portions.