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US 2001/0024608 A1Published application
Removable securing device equipped with a quickdraw
AssigneeZedel
InventorsPaul Petzl, Jean Marc Hede
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Abstract
The invention relates to a securing device to be screwed in having an attachment lug equipped with a movable fixing means designed to prevent any twisting effect of the quickdraw when rotation of the ice peg takes place. The fixing means is formed by a cylindrical stud mounted rotating freely on a spindle securely affixed to the attachment lug. The stud acts as operating handle for driving the securing device in rotation whereas the quickdraw remains permanently attached to the lug. Applications; mountaineering, rock-climbing, caving, pot-holing, working at heights, ice cascade.
Claims10
A removable securing device comprising:
- a tubular metal body extending along a longitudinal axis and provided with a spiral thread arranged around a first bottom part of the body,
- a head equipped with a lug for attachment and driving in rotation to perform screwing of the body,
- wherein the attachment lug comprises a movable fixing means designed to prevent any twisting effect of the quickdraw when rotation of the head takes place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.