Safety device for climbing activities and a corresponding method
AssigneeClimb Asia Pte Ltd
InventorMohammad Halil Bin Ngah
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Abstract
There is provided a safety device for climbing activities usable with a rope. The device comprises a first pulley mounted to a base plate, the first pulley being configured to engage a first portion of the rope; a second pulley mounted to the base plate, the second pulley being configured to engage a second portion of the rope, the second portion of the rope being downstream of the first portion; and a third pulley mounted to the base plate, the third pulley being configured to guide a third portion of the rope, the third portion being between the first portion and the second portion. It is advantageous that a position of at least one of the first, the second and the third pulley at the base plate can be varied. A corresponding method is also provided.
Claims6
A safety device for climbing activities usable with a rope, the device comprising:
- a first pulley mounted to a base plate, the first pulley being configured to engage a first portion of the rope;
- a second pulley mounted to the base plate, the second pulley being configured to engage a second portion of the rope, the second portion of the rope being downstream of the first portion;
- and
- a third pulley mounted to the base plate, the third pulley being configured to guide a third portion of the rope, the third portion being between the first portion and the second portion,
- wherein each of the first, second, and third pulleys is fixed at a predefined position at the base plate,
- wherein the respective predefined position of at least one of the first, second, and third pulleys at the base plate can be varied between a plurality of predefined discrete positions at the base plate before the rope is engaged with the pulleys;
- and
- wherein when the device is in use, the pulleys are fixed at the respective predefined positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.