US 11,850,474 B2
Fixed anchor apparatuses and methods
Scott Greenhalgh, Logan, UT (US)
Assigned to Utah State University, Logan, UT (US)
Filed by Scott Greenhalgh, Logan, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,416.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,182, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126171 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 29/02 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quad anchor, comprising:
a first attachment loop;
a second attachment loop, each of the first attachment loop and the second attachment loop being configured to connect to an anchor point; and
an intermediate loop disposed between the first attachment loop and the second attachment loop, the intermediate loop being permanently joined to the first attachment loop and the second attachment loop at a first pinch point and a second pinch point, respectively, and the intermediate loop being configured to connect to a load to be supported by the quad anchor;
wherein the first attachment loop, the second attachment loop, and the intermediate loop are formed from a first, single loop of flexible material, wherein portions of the first loop of flexible material are joined together at the first pinch point to form the first attachment loop and at the second pinch point to form the second attachment loop, the intermediate loop being formed between the first pinch point and the second pinch point;
wherein a second loop of flexible material encircles the first loop of flexible material.