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US 10,487,867 B2Granted
Secured carabiner
AssigneeZedel
InventorsMichael Chaumontet, Marc Jourdan
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Abstract
The carabiner comprises: a body defining an insertion slot of a rope extended by a securing area of the rope, a first clamp fitted movable between a standby position of the rope in the insertion slot and an obstruction position when the rope is in the securing area, the obstruction position being configured to prevent insertion of another rope in the securing area, a second clamp configured to allow movement of the rope from the insertion slot to the securing area and to prevent movement of the rope from the securing area to the insertion slot.
Claims11
Carabiner comprising:
- a body defining an insertion slot for a rope extended by a securing area for the rope,
- a first clamp fitted movable between a standby position and an obstruction position, wherein in the standby position the first clamp permits introduction of the rope in the securing area via the insertion slot, and in the obstruction position the first clamp prevents insertion of the rope in the securing area via the insertion slot, and the first clamp is in the obstruction position when the first clamp detects a rope in the securing area, and
- a second clamp configured to allow movement of the rope from the insertion slot to the securing area and to prevent movement of the rope from the securing area to the insertion slot independently from the first clamp, the first clamp being distinct from the second clamp, wherein the second clamp is a movable clamp configured to move between a standby position and an insertion position, and wherein in the standby position the second clamp separates the securing area and the insertion slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.