Rope handling and storage apparatus
AssigneeCormorant, Inc.
InventorThomas Hull
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Abstract
An apparatus for storing and protecting a length of rope or similar line. The apparatus includes a container and a rope at least partially storable within the container. The rope includes a withdrawable portion selectively withdrawable from storage within the container. The container is configured such that the withdrawable portion of the rope can be selectively drawn back into storage within the container. The apparatus further includes a clutch coupled to the container, the clutch configured to releasably non-slippingly engage the withdrawable portion of the rope.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a container;
- a rope at least partially storable within the container, the rope defining a withdrawable portion selectively withdrawable from storage within the container, wherein the container is configured such that the withdrawable portion of the rope can be selectively drawn back into storage within the container;
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- a clutch coupled to the container, the clutch configured to releasably non-slippingly engage the withdrawable portion of the rope.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a container defining a storage cavity and a sleeve portion, the storage cavity being selectively accessible by a user;
- a rope at least partially storable within the storage cavity, the rope defining first and second portions, wherein the first and second portions of the rope are respectively selectively withdrawable from the storage cavity, and wherein the first and second portions of the rope can be respectively selectively drawn back into the storage cavity;
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- a cord at least partially disposed within the sleeve portion of the container, the cord defining first and second clutch knots, each of the first and second clutch knots configured to releasably non-slippingly engage a corresponding one of the first and second portions of the rope.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a container formed of fabric, the container defining a user accessible storage cavity and first and second openings communicative with the storage cavity, the container also defining a selectively sealable cover portion over the storage cavity, the container further defining a sleeve portion;
- a cord at least partially disposed within the sleeve portion, the cord defining first and second clutch knots disposed in respective adjacency to the first and second openings to the storage cavity, the cord restrained within the sleeve portion;
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- a rope at least partially storable within the storage cavity, the rope defining a first portion selectively withdrawable from the storage cavity by way of the first opening and cooperative with the first clutch knot, the rope further defining a second portion selectively withdrawable from the storage cavity by way of the second opening and cooperative with the second clutch knot, wherein the first and second portions of the rope can be respectively selectively drawn back into the storage cavity, and wherein each of the first and second clutch knots is configured to releasably non-slippingly engage a corresponding one of the first and second portions of the rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.