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US 2006/0075637 A1Published application
Rope-severing device
AssigneeBlue Water Concepts, Inc.
InventorBenjamin Brickett
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Abstract
A rope-severing device includes a first sleeve having a first axis. A second sleeve is provided abutting and slideably oriented with the first sleeve. The second sleeve has a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are at least one of coaxial and parallel. A sharp object is mounted at least partially within the first sleeve.
Claims20
A rope-severing device, comprising:
- a first sleeve;
- a second sleeve abutting the first sleeve and slideably-oriented with the first sleeve;
- and
- a sharp object mounted at least partially within the first sleeve.
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A rope-severing device, comprising:
- a first sleeve having a first axis and a first angular end that is angular to the first axis;
- a second sleeve having a second axis and a second angular end that is angular to the second axis, the second sleeve abutting the first sleeve at the first and second angular ends;
- and
- a sharp object mounted at least partially within the first sleeve.
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A method for severing a rope, the method comprising the steps of:
- sleeving a first sleeve and a second sleeve along a rope;
- attaching a first sleeve to the rope;
- abutting the first sleeve against the second sleeve;
- sliding the first sleeve against the second sleeve;
- and
- pressing a sharp object, mounted within one of the sleeves, against the rope.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.