US 11,697,038 B2
Method and device for securing a vertical line
Scott Satterfield, Spring Grove, VA (US); and Joseph D'Antonio, Williamsburg, VA (US)
Assigned to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News, VA (US)
Filed by Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Newport News, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/14,132.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072348 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A62B 35/00 (2006.01); E04G 21/32 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0068 (2013.01) [A62B 35/005 (2013.01); E04G 21/3276 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor for securing a strand from an aperture in a wall having a front wall face and a back wall face defining a wall thickness there-between, the aperture having a maximum height dimension and a maximum width dimension that is greater than the maximum height dimension, the anchor comprising:
an anchor body member having a longitudinal axis and a parallel longitudinal body length dimension running from a strand attachment end of the anchor body member to a hook attachment end of the anchor body member, a first wall engagement surface on a lateral side of the anchor body member, and a strand-securing aperture formed through the anchor body member adjacent the strand attachment end;
a first hook member attached to the anchor body member adjacent the hook attachment end and extending laterally there-from in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first hook member having a second wall engagement surface intersecting and perpendicular to the first wall engagement surface; and
a second hook member attached to the first hook member and having a longitudinal hook length dimension running from a hook member attachment end to a free hook member end and also having a third wall engagement surface parallel to, spaced apart from and opposing the first wall engagement surface, the first and third engagement surfaces defining a slot having a slot width that is greater than the wall thickness,
wherein the longitudinal hook length dimension is less than the maximum aperture width dimension and greater than the maximum aperture height dimension, and
wherein the longitudinal body length dimension is greater than the maximum aperture width dimension.