US 12,348,013 B2
Apparatus for attaching restraining means to a line
Francois Retief Bester, Tweeling (ZA)
Appl. No. 17/617,202
Filed by Francois Retief Bester, Tweeling (ZA)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/ZA2020/050029
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247988, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019/03643 (ZA), filed on Jun. 7, 2019; and application No. 2019/03644 (ZA), filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247160 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 1/02 (2006.01); H02G 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/02 (2013.01) [H02G 7/18 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for attaching restraining means to a line comprising:
two or more members movable relative to each other between an open position wherein a line is engageable by the apparatus and a closed position wherein a line is engaged by the members;
at least one of the members including restraint attachment means for attaching the restraining means to the apparatus; and
wherein the restraining means includes an elongate net with two outer portions and a central portion running longitudinally along the net.