| US 7,536,754 B2 | ||
| Swaged synthetic cable terminations | ||
| Richard V. Campbell, Tallahassee, Fla. (US); and Kevin J. Barefield, Havana, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Bright Technologies, LLC., Havana, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/218,402. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/644169, filed on Jan. 14, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/644170, filed on Jan. 14, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/693687, filed on Jun. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0160435 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A44B 21/00 (2006.01); F16G 11/05 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 24—265R [24/265 H; 24/265 AL; 24/115 A; 403/275] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A system for attaching a rigging fixture to an end of a synthetic cable, wherein said rigging fixture includes a swaging
surface, comprising:
a. an anchor, attached to said cable, wherein said anchor has a first end proximate said end of said cable and a second end
proximate to said cable but distal to said end of said cable;
b. a swaging sleeve attached to said first end of said anchor and extending away from said cable;
c. wherein said swaging sleeve assumes the form of a first hollow cylinder;
d. wherein said swaging surface is the exterior of a second hollow cylinder sized to slidably engage said first hollow cylinder
e. wherein said second hollow cylinder is slidably engaged with said first hollow cylinder so that said first and second hollow
cylinders overlap one another to form an overlapped region; and
f. wherein said overlapped region is swaged inward in order to create a mechanical engagement, thereby locking said rigging
fixture to said anchor.
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