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What is it?

10/16/2018 7:05 AM

I saw this at a flea market, but I don't know what it is.

There were two of them. It looks like a type of clamp, but I don't know its purpose is.

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 8:15 AM

Here are a couple of more views of the object.

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 2:45 PM

I'm thinking it's a clamp-on handle for sheets of plywood or something similar so that they can be lifted and handled easier. JMHO
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10/16/2018 3:04 PM

Or for cargo system in a Nissan per my answer below. They even have a video
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10/16/2018 3:27 PM

Yup, that's it. Good find.

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10/16/2018 3:31 PM

BINGO! That's it! I don't know how you found them,but good find!Thanks.Now I can sleep at night without wondering about it.

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 9:13 AM

Is there any writing on it?

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10/16/2018 9:21 AM

So you are the one who took them!!!!

I had to say that.

There's a T-nut on one side and what looks like a securing eyelet on the other where the locking wheel resides. My WAG is this is used for rack cable management to provide a point where cabling can be secured.

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 9:35 AM

How big is it? Is the 'D' shaped handle-looking part big enough to use as a handle?

If so, I'd say it's for clamping onto a sheet of <some kind of rigid material> - one each side - to manually lift it.

Guess the same could apply to lifting with hooks or webbing straps, so maybe size isn't so important.

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10/16/2018 11:04 AM

^ one each edge!

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10/16/2018 10:31 AM

Looks like a suction cup handle missing the suction cup....

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 11:12 AM

So that's where they went! Oi! Bring them back!

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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 1:46 PM

A tie down for a truck

https://www.nissanusa.com/experience-nissan/news-and-events/truck-bed-utili-track-cargo-system.html
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Re: What is it?

10/16/2018 2:03 PM

Were they at least for a good price

The ones in your picture may be from a bed extender.

I don't own a vehicle that uses these or a Nissan so past that I don't know. I found them since I suspected they were some sort of cargo tie down.
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10/16/2018 2:25 PM

I would have to say that is a Bingo!

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10/17/2018 1:09 AM

Now he just needs some unistrut to bolt down in the bed...and some ratchet strips...and 2 more of them....wait , where's the guy that found all those square washers?

If we keep putting all these "what is it's" in a pile we may have something someday....

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Re: What is it?

10/17/2018 10:21 AM

Yes, its called a " junk drawer ".
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10/17/2018 11:10 AM

The metal shoe on the left goes into a T slot and the thumbwheel in the center tightens it and locks it in place. It looks like it was set up to have a lanyard through the loop in the bail, which may or may not swivel a bit. It looks like a removable lanyard clip, handle or perhaps an adjustable stop of some sort. I have similar fittings as stops on my CNC router, but they have a flat on one side to act as a work stop.
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10/17/2018 11:13 PM

Since they have already been identified, I'll give my first reaction when viewing the picture: clamps for some daredevil to climb the side of a building.

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10/18/2018 11:26 AM

Climb? Who needs to climb?

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