US2194967A

US2194967A - Rope holder

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Publication number: US2194967A
Application number: US221997A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sr George H Beers
Original assignee: GEORGE M CRAWFORD; GEORGE W JONES; JOSEPH T FLYNN; PERRY F FLYNN
Current assignee: GEORGE M CRAWFORD; GEORGE W JONES; JOSEPH T FLYNN; PERRY F FLYNN
Priority date: 1938-07-29
Filing date: 1938-07-29
Publication date: 1940-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1957-03-26

Description

March 26, 1940. G. H. BEERS. 5R 2,194,967

- ROPE HOLDER Filed July 29, 1958 INVENTOR G eor ge 12KB e ers,Sr

AazzzrM- Patented Marl 26,1940 I 21943 11 RO mm e 7 George H; Beers; Sr Pittsburgh,l- Pa., assignor,-- W by. direct and mesne assignments, of-one-half,

1 to George .M.;Crawford-, Bo1ioiiglroffPitcairn,

Pa., one-fourth to GeorgeW. Jones, 'III,-oneeighth to'Jo'seph .T. Flynn; and one-eighthto PerryF. Flynn, an of Bittsburgh Pat; 7 Application July 29, 1 93s; sis-amt. '3 Claims. '(oilzi-figni.

This invention'relates tc arope holder or anchoring device by meansof which a rope may be dead-ended o'r secure'dto a post or other object towhichit'isto be fastened without-requiring the tying of anyknots.

The device of the present invention may be employed forthe stringing ofclothes lines and may also be designed for use in connection withropes of various sizes for numerous purposes where a rope has to be" suspended between two or more anchorages. According to the present invention, there" is provide'da supporting structure or anchoring device having a'stemportion with aneye therethrough. The-ropedn being f anchored is= looped. The loop is -passed through the eye and the loop-is theli' turned back over the eye and pullecltight. The loop in contracting about the stem at the 'base of the eye draws tightly over the two stretches of rope from which the loop is formed, firmly holding them from slipping. The operation of fastening the rope" to the anchoring device may thus be very easily and quickly effected without the tying of any knots, and the rope when so secured cannot slip- To release the rope it is only necessary to force the contracted loop back over the eye until the loop may be drawn back through the eye and the rope thus fully disengaged'from the holder. The invention may be readily understood by reference to the accompanying'drawing which illustrates one form of my invention and in which, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the rope holder in use for attaching 'a'rope such as a clothes line to a post; I s

Figure 2 is a planview of the holder shown in Figure 1; I I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a rope holder embodying my invention and showing the first step in fastening the rope to the holder. this view the holder is of a slightly modified shape from that shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating the final step in fastening therope; and I Figure 5 is a perspective view similar to Figure 4 but showing the holder turned over.

In the drawing the holder shown in Figures 1 and 2 is essentially the same asshown in Figures 3, 4, and 5, except in Figures 1 and 2 one end of reference numerals have been used throughout to designate corresponding parts. I

The device comprises a supporting frame 2- having an end portion 3 which may he slipped zailbsr.

-.over aihook or which' lee otherwise secured to jthe-post or othermember to which, the rope is to be anchored; 'The'frame'l is provided'with a Y tongue or. projection .4 having a stem portion 115; .andjanieyeportion.,6, the projections extending 11in a-idirecti'on away from thepull of the rope. -The deviceis preferably formed fromia' piece of heavy :stiii: ,wiregs'uch-as galvanized steel wire. .;This wire isfbentasshown in Figure 2 to provide a generally triangular frame having leg portions zd divelging from rthelend '3 to the bas'eof the frame. fOne leg 2a is bent transversely inward as .indicated' at Zband then is further bent into loop-form. The two parallel por'tions Scand 51) ofthe looped wire form. a part of the'stem 5."

prised of three parallel reaches of wire. These parallel reaches of wire may be soldered or welded together as indicated by the shaded circles I in the drawing. As thus formed from a single piece of wire, the device can be economically constructed, and by reason of'the three parallel reaches of wire in the stem ,5, the stem 5 will be relatively stiff and resistant to bending. I

In use the frame 2 may be secured to a hook, as for example; the hook A in Figure 1, which hook is secured to atpo'st B to provide an anchorage for the rope holder. that other forms of anchorage may be employed than the hook A. The rope to be stretched be-' tween the'post and another point ofjs uspension is formed into a loop C. This loop is pushed through the eye 6 as shownin Figure 3. The loop stemportion 5 of the tongue.

' about the stem crosses over theftwo portions of the rope from which the loop in the'ro'pe is made,

contracting upon these portions of the rope.

When pulled tight, the rope cannot slip and will be firmly anchored. To 181685613118 rope, the loop C in Figure 51s merely forced forward over the end of the eye until it is clear of the eye and then it will assume-the position shown in Figure 3, and the loop in the rope can be pulled out through the eye. Therope can be anchored in this way adjacentthe .end of. the rope or the anchorage can be put at any suitable point intermediate the ends of the rope." In other words,'the invention does not require that the anchorage 30 Itwillbe understood be made at the end of the piece of rope. In stringing a clothes line, for instance, one end of the rope can be fastened as shown in Figure 1. At an intermediate point in its length the clothes line can be looped in the manner indi-' cated and thus fastened.

A clothes line or any other this device he very quickly and conveniently an chored without the tying of any knots. :After a few trials, a person using the device can become very adept at fastening the rope and having it quite taut. When it is used as a clothes line holder, the device has a further advantage in that if one stretch of mitted pastthe holder into another expanse of the line. The device can be cheaply manufaci .be embodied in various forms other than the one shown. The particular shape illustrated is one which can be very conveniently bent from a single length of wire with a minimum amount of wire being required to form a sturdy device. The particular shape, however, is not material other than itisdesired that the projection 4 shall have a stem'li, the width of which is less than the maximum diameter of the eye so that the loop as it is drawn tight will tend to go in the direction of the pull on the rope and contract about the rope. Instead of being formed from wire, the device may be formed from a malleable casting or forged, or may be stamped rope to be fastened to a point of anchorage can through the use of the clothes 7 line breaks, I the slack created by the break cannot betrans from a sheet metal, and various changes and modifications may otherwise be made therein within the contemplation of the invention and under the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A rope.holder comprising a rigid supporting frame having means at one end for engaging an anchoring means to which the rope holder is to be fixed, the other end of the frame having a projection thereon extending toward said first end in substantially the plane of the frame, said projection having a solid neck portion and having an enlarged eye portion thereon at the outer end of the neck and through which a loop of the rope to be held may be passed.

2 Arope holder comprising a rigid wire frame in the form of a closed loop having a narrow portion at one end adapted-to engage an anchoring means to which the rope holder is to be fixed, there being an integrally formed projection atthe other end of the loop extending toward said narrow portion in the plane of the loop, said projection comprising portions of the wire shaped to providea closed neck with an enlarged eye at the free end of the neck, said eye being of a diameter such that a loop of the rope to beheld may be passed therethrough.

- 3. A rope hold-er comprising a supporting frame in the form of'a substantially triangular loop having a projection extending inwardly forming a base of the triangle toward an apex thereof in substantially the plane of the loop, said projection having a solid stem portion with an enlarged terminal at the free end thereof, said terminal having anopening therethrough providing an eye to receive a loop of the rope to be held.