Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleat
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Application No.: US15419314Application Date: 2017-01-30
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Publication No.: US10093393B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Alexander Thomas David Yates
- Applicant: Yaxley Yachts Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Yaxley Yachts Limited
- Current Assignee: Yaxley Yachts Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Howson & Howson LLP
- Priority: GB1601742.8 20160201; GB1614559.1 20160826
- Main IPC: B63B21/04
- IPC: B63B21/04 ; B63B21/08 ; F16G11/10

Abstract:
A cleat includes two cams (36) comprising mutually opposed convex surfaces rotatable about parallel axes which extend vertically in a rope-trapping position of the cleat, to bring the arcuate surfaces together and apart. The cams (36) are urged towards each other to trap a rope (66) therebetween. Each cam is also mounted to a horizontal cylinder (2) for rotation about an axis of the cylinder, in order to allow the rope (66) to rotate the arcuate surfaces by pulling in a line above this horizontal axis and to free the rope.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170217546A1 CLEAT Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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