Multiple ply friction tie-down unit

Claim 1

A TIE-DOWN FASTENER FOR FRICTIONALLY SECURING ONE END OF A FLEXIBLE STRAP, A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED BEARING SUPPORT MEMBERS HAVING A SECUREMENT MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF AND DEFINING A LINE OF PULL FOR THE FASTENER AND STRAP, AT LEAST THREE CROSS PINS RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE BEARING MEMBERS AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED THEREBETWEEN ALONG SAID LINE OF PULL, THE INNERMOST CROSS PIN NEAREST SAID SECUREMENT MEANS CONSTITUTING A FRICTION PIN AND HAVING ITS AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY INTERSECTING SAID LINE OF PULL AND NORMAL THERETO, THE INTERMEDIATE CROSS PIN CONSTITUTING AN ANCHOR PIN WITH ITS AXIS ON ONE SIDE OF THE LINE OF PULL, THE OUTERMOST CROSS PIN CONSTITUTING A PULL LOCATING PIN WITH ITS AXIS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LINE OF PULL AND WITH THE LINE OF PULL SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL THERETO, EXTENDING FROM THE FASTENER OPPOSITE SAID SECUREMENT MEANS AND LOOPED AROUND SAID ANCHOR PIN TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE INNER AND ONE OUTER PLY PASSING ABOUT THE FRICTION PIN AND BACK BETWEEN SAID ANCHOR PIN AND SAID PULL LOCATING PIN WITH THE FREE END PORTION OF THE STRAP CONSTITUTING THE INNER BY ON SAID FRICTION PIN AND FRICTINALLY CONFINED BETWEEN THE OUTER PLY AND SAID LOOP.