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US 2006/0219479 A1Published application
Carabiner with automatic locking
AssigneeZedel
InventorsPaul Petzl, Christian Broquerie
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Abstract
A carabiner comprises a locking part elastically biased to a locked position for automatic locking of the pivoting gate in the closed position. The locking part is associated with an actuating ring coaxially surrounding the gate and used only when opening of the carabiner is performed for the gate to pivot to the unlocked position. The first end of the fixed body comprises a ramp to automatically unlock the locking part before the gate reaches the end of closing travel.
Claims8
1) Carabiner in particular for climbing and mountaineering, comprising:
- a fixed C-shaped body having a first end provided with a securing part,
- a gate movable around a spindle between a closed position and an open position, said spindle being situated close to the second end of the body,
- a first return spring biasing the gate to the closed position by engagement of the securing part in a latching part of the gate,
- a blocking device comprising a movable locking part mounted with limited pivoting near to the latching part,
- flexible means urging said locking part to a locked position for automatic locking of the gate in the closed position,
- an actuating ring used only for opening of the carabiner for pivoting of the gate to the unlocked position,
- means located at the first end of the fixed body for automatically unlocking the locking part before the gate reaches the end of closing travel.
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