Patent ID: 7856699

Claim:
A tie-down and tensioning system comprising a tie-down and tensioning device comprising: a device body; an attachment member connected to said device body, said attachment member including an attachment opening; a cord block comprising a cord block hook connected to said device body and a cord support surface disposed between said cord block hook and said device body; and a cord gripper attached to said device body, said cord gripper comprising a cord gripper hook connected to said device body, an interior surface of said cord gripper hook and the surface of said device body opposing said interior surface of said cord gripper hook defining a wedge-shaped opening, and a cord gripping surface formed on one of said interior surface of said cord gripper hook and said opposing surface of said device body, wherein said attachment member opening comprises an elongated slot, said slot being substantially in a direction parallel to the direction of said cord gripping surface, and wherein the end of said slot nearest said cord block is substantially wedge shaped.