Cable securing device

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE CABLE TENSIONING AND ANCHORING DEVICE FOR IMPOSING AND MAINTAINING A CABLE UNDER TENSION, CONSISTING IN COMBINATION, A RIGID BODY CONSISTING OF A PLANAR BASE ATTACHMENT PORTION HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH FOR ACCOMMODATING A HOLD DOWN FASTENING FOR MOUNTING THE DEVICE ON A SUPPORT, AN ELONGATED PLANAR SUPPORTING PORTION EXTENDING ANGULARLY AND UPWARDLY FRON ONE END OF SAID BASE ATTACHMENT PORTION, A PLANAR BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND AT A RIGHT ANGLE FROM ONE END OF SAID PLANAR SUPPORTING PORTION, SAID BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, AN ELONGATED RING-BOLT HAVING AN ELONGATED THREADED SHANK EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND AN EYE PORTION FOR CONNECTION TO A CABLE TO BE RETAINED UNDER TENSION, THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SHANK EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO THE GENERAL PLANE OF SAID PLANAR SUPPORTING PORTION FOR PERMITTING ADJUSTMENT OF TENSION AND INSURING TRANSMITTAL OF TENSILE FORCES TO SAID SUPPORTING PORTION WITHOUT EXCESSIVE TORQUE BEING IMPOSED ON OTHER PORTION OF SAID RIGID BODY, A PAIR OF RETAINING NUTS THREADABLY ENGAGED ON SAID SHANK ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION, SAID SUPPORTING PORTION BEING OF A SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO ACCOMMODATE SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID BOLT BENEATH SAID BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION, AND A SECOND ELONGATED SUPPORTING PORTION HAVING A FIRST PART SECURED TO AN INTERMEDIATE PART OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED SUPPORTING PORTION AND HAVING A SECOND PART EXTENDING ANGULARLY AND DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, A SECOND PLANAR BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID FIRST INVENTION BOTH ATTACHMENT PORTION, AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE TERMINAL END OF SAID SECOND PART AND A SECOND ELONGATED RING-BOLT HAVING A THREADED SHANK EXTENDING THROUGH AND ADJUSTABLY ENGAGED ON SAID SECOND BOLT ATTACHMENT PORTION AND DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID SECOND PART.