Utility rope and method thereof
AssigneeFusion Tools, Inc.
InventorWest Howard
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Abstract
A utility rope apparatus and a method of coupling first and second rope portions of the utility rope apparatus together is disclosed herein. The utility rope apparatus may include a rope, a main loop binding, a first end binding, and a second end binding. The rope may include a first end, a second end, and a length. The main loop binding may be to couple the first and second ends of the rope together to define a main loop of the rope. The first end binding may be coupled to the main loop of the rope to define a first end loop subdivided from the main loop. The second end binding may be coupled to the main loop of the rope to define a second end loop subdivided from the main loop and offset from the first end loop by about one-half of the length of the rope.
Claims19
A utility rope apparatus configured to be coupled between first and second objects for pulling or lifting, the utility rope apparatus comprising:
- a rope having a first end, a second end, and a length defined between the first and second ends;
- a main loop binding configured to couple the first and second ends of the rope together to define a main loop of the rope;
- a first end binding coupled to the main loop of the rope to define a first end loop, the first end loop subdivided from the main loop;
- a second end binding coupled to the main loop of the rope to define a second end loop, the second end loop subdivided from the main loop and offset from the first end loop by about one-half of the length of the rope;
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- wherein the first and second ends of the rope are overlapped by an overlap length;
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- wherein the main loop binding is defined by a sewn connection between the first and second ends of the rope along a majority of the overlap length.
A method of coupling first and second rope portions of a rope together, the method comprising:
- (a) positioning the first rope portion next to the second rope portion such that the first and second rope portions are overlapped by an overlap length;
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- (b) sewing the first and second rope portions together to define a sewn connection extending along a majority of the overlap length, the sewn connection having a sewn length of at least eight times a diameter of the rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.