Systems and methods for a key optimized double gated carabiner
AssigneeNite Ize, Inc.
InventorGregory M. Adelman
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Abstract
A carabiner includes a carabiner body having a first opening, a first gate coupled to the carabiner body, the first gate configured to open and close the first opening, and a second gate coupled to the carabiner body, the second gate, when closed, defining a first area and a second area and, when opened, providing a second opening to the second area. The first gate, when opened, provides a first opening to the first area. The first gate is configured to open via rotation in a first rotational direction and the second gate is configured to open via rotation in the first rotational direction.
Claims20
A carabiner comprising:
- a carabiner body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a first opening formed on the first side;
- a first gate pivotably coupled to the carabiner body on the first side, the first gate configured to open and close the first opening;
- and
- a second gate pivotably coupled to the carabiner body, the second gate, when closed, defining a first area and a second area, the second gate, when closed, providing a separator between the first area and the second area that prevents an object from moving between the first area and the second area, and the second gate, when opened, providing a second opening to the second area from the first area, wherein the second gate is configured to be closed via an absence of an external force on the second gate and configured to be opened via a presence of the external force on the second gate;
- wherein the first gate, when opened, provides the first opening to the first area, wherein the first gate is configured to be closed via the absence of the external force on the first gate and configured to be opened via the presence of the external force on the first gate;
- wherein the first gate is configured to open via rotation in a first rotational direction and the second gate is configured to open via rotation in the first rotational direction;
- wherein the first gate, when closed, contacts a first stop located on the first side, and the second gate, when closed, contacts a second stop located on the second side, wherein the first gate is configured to rotate completely independently from the second gate, and the second gate is configured to rotate completely independently from the first gate.
A method of using a carabiner comprising a carabiner body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a first opening formed on the first side, a first gate pivotably coupled to the carabiner body on the first side;
- the first gate configured to open and close the first opening;
- and a second gate pivotably coupled to the carabiner body, the second gate, when closed, defining a first area and a second area, the second gate, when closed, providing a separator between the first area and the second area that prevents an object from moving between the first area and the second area, and the second gate, when opened, providing a second opening to the second area from the first area, wherein the second gate is configured to be closed via an absence of an external force on the second gate and configured to be opened via a presence of the external force on the second gate;
- wherein the first gate, when opened, provides the first opening to the first area wherein the first gate is configured to be closed via the absence of the external force on the first gate and configured to be opened via the presence of the external force on the first gate;
- wherein the first gate is configured to open via rotation in a first rotational direction and the second gate is configured to open via rotation in the first rotational direction;
- the method comprising:
- sliding an object having an aperture onto the carabiner body while using the object to open the first opening via the first gate to enter the first area;
- sliding the object around the carabiner body;
- using the object to open the second gate;
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- sliding the object into the second area;
- wherein the first gate, when closed, contacts a first stop located on the first side, and the second gate, when closed, contacts a second stop located on the second side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.