Patent ID: 7128012

Claim:
A pull-up cleat assembly comprising; a base member having a bottom surface for engaging a mounting surface and a top surface seating a pull-up cleat member, said base member including at least one guide tube with an inside guide surface, said guide tube projecting from the bottom surface of the base member and communicating with the top surface thereof, said cleat member including at least one post extending therefrom and an end portion telescopingly received in said guide tube for reciprocal movement, an elastomeric guide member connected to the end portion of said post and sized so as to reciprocate within said guide tube and comprising a first guide member between the post and said guide tube, an elastomeric guide structure mounted between the inside surface of said guide tube and the surface of said post to provide sliding frictional contact therebetween, said elastomeric guide structure comprising a second guide member between the post and said guide tube, whereby substantial alignment between said post and said guide tube is maintained throughout reciprocal movement and vibration therebetween is dampened.