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US 12,747,772 B2Granted
Rope securing device and associated method of securing a rope
AssigneePIP Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorRonald Giovany Gil Gonzalez
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Abstract
A rope securing device is provided. For example, a rope securing device comprises a body defining (i) a chamber, (ii) a first end opening, (iii) a second end opening, and (iv) a top opening, a first roller, and a second roller. A first rope portion of the chamber defines a first rope path. A second rope portion of the chamber defines a second rope path. A center rope portion of the chamber defines a rope loop path. The first and second rollers are adapted to apply a securing force against a rope when the first and second rollers are slidably moved within a respective roller portion of the chamber to their respective inferior medial positions to secure a loop of the rope that is projecting out of the top opening.
Claims20
A rope securing device comprising:
- a body defining (i) a chamber within the body, (ii) a first end opening to the chamber in a first end surface of the body, (iii) a second end opening to the chamber in a second end surface of the body opposite the first end surface, and (iv) a top opening to the chamber in a top surface of the body;
- a first roller;
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- a second roller;
- wherein the chamber comprises a first rope portion, a center rope portion, a second rope portion, a first roller portion, and a second roller portion;
- wherein the first rope portion of the chamber defines a first rope path from the first end opening to the center rope portion of the chamber;
- wherein the second rope portion of the chamber defines a second rope path from the center rope portion of the chamber to the second end opening;
- wherein the center rope portion of the chamber defines a rope loop path adapted to enable a loop of rope to protrude through the top opening;
- wherein the first roller portion of the chamber provides a path for the first roller to slidably move upward and away from a transverse plane of the rope securing device toward the first end surface and into a superior lateral position and to slidably move downward and toward the transverse plane of the rope securing device away from the first end surface and into an inferior medial position;
- wherein the second roller portion of the chamber provides a path for the second roller to slidably move upward and away from the transverse plane of the rope securing device toward the second end surface of the rope securing device and into a superior lateral position and to slidably move downward and toward the transverse plane of the rope securing device away from the second end surface and into an inferior medial position;
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- wherein the first and second rollers are adapted to apply a securing force against a rope when the first and second rollers are in their respective inferior medial positions to secure a loop of the rope that is projecting out of the top opening.
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A method of securing a rope, the method comprising:
- positioning a rope partially within a chamber defined within a body of a rope securing device such that (i) a first portion of the rope is within a first rope path defined by a first rope portion of the chamber and protrudes through a first end opening to the chamber defined in a first end surface of the body, (ii) a second portion of the rope is within a second rope path defined by a second rope portion of the chamber and protrudes through a second end opening to the chamber defined in a second end surface of the body, and (iii) a loop portion of the rope between the first and second portions of the rope is positioned partly within a rope loop path defined by a center rope portion of the chamber and partly protruding through a top opening in a top surface of the body;
- positioning a first roller within a first roller portion of the chamber, the first roller portion providing a path for the first roller to slidably move upward and away from a transverse plane of the rope securing device toward the first end surface and into a superior lateral position and to slidably move downward and toward the transverse plane of the rope securing device away from the first end surface and into an inferior medial position;
- positioning a second roller within a second roller portion of the chamber, the second roller portion providing a path for the second roller to slidably move upward and away from the transverse plane of the rope securing device toward the second end surface of the rope securing device and into a superior lateral position and to slidably move downward and toward the transverse plane of the rope securing device away from the second end surface and into an inferior medial position;
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- moving the first roller and the second roller into their respective inferior medial positions such that the first roller applies a securing force again a portion of the rope and the second roller applies a securing force again a different portion of the rope to secure the loop portion of the rope that is projecting out of the top opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.