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A line connecting device includes first and second end portions adapted to be connected respectively to first and second line portions for interconnecting the line portions. The connecting device is formed of a rigid, generally planar body. The line connector second portion has an elongated slot of

A line connecting device includes first and second end portions adapted to be connected respectively to first and second line portions for interconnecting the line portions. The connecting device is formed of a rigid, generally planar body. The line connector second portion has an elongated slot of a length at least as great as twice the radius of the second line portion and has second and third slots opening in an opposite direction and extending along respective, mutually diverging axes. In use, the second line portion may be looped twice through the first and second slots and once through the third slot, the first and second slots preferably having substantially constant widths for aligning adjacent loops of line. In one embodiment, the first end portion is of S-shaped configuration having a tang portion which projects generally toward the second end portion of the connector. In one embodiment, the connector is free of line-receiving apertures or eyelets. In a second embodiment, the connector second portion is free of line receiving apertures, and at least one aperture is formed in the shank portion.

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A line connector, having a central, longitudinal axis, for interconnecting first and second line portions, comprising: a first connector portion having extension in a first direction along the longitudinal axis and comprising means for receiving the first line portion; a second connector portion hav

A line connector, having a central, longitudinal axis, for interconnecting first and second line portions, comprising: a first connector portion having extension in a first direction along the longitudinal axis and comprising means for receiving the first line portion; a second connector portion having extension in a second, opposite direction and comprising means for receiving the second line portion, the second connector portion having a first slot opening in the second direction and second and third slots opening in the first direction and diverging outwardly relative to each other, the width of at least the first slot being substantially uniform, the respective lengths of each of the first and second slots being greater than the length of the third slot, the line connector comprising means for connecting the first and second line portions, under tension, in alignment with the line connector longitudinal axis and parallel to the first slot.