Rope Clasp
OwnerBenjamin Dodgeinventor
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Abstract
A rope clasp device for securing a rope eliminates the need for a knot in a rope by selectively clasping and encasing at least one portion of a rope in a toothed clamp. The rope clasp device comprises a base, at least one, but generally two swinging doors, and a lock. The swinging doors are pivotably coupled to the base in order to be moved between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, a pair of channels for passage of a rope is defined between the base and the doors. The channels are defined by a plurality of clasping teeth to retain the rope therein.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of securing a watercraft to a substantially stationary object with a rope clasp device, comprising:
- placing a first portion of a rope attached to a watercraft into a first inner surface of a base of a rope clasp device;
- looping a portion of the rope around a substantially stationary object;
- placing a second portion of the rope into a second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning at least one door of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to define channels between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the door in which the first and second portions of the rope are contained;
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- locking the at least one door with respect to the base with a locking mechanism to lock the rope around the substantially stationary object thereby attaching the watercraft to the substantially stationary object via the rope.
A method of securing a rope to an object with a rope clasp device, comprising:
- placing a first portion of a rope into a first inner surface of a base of a rope clasp device;
- looping a portion of the rope around an object;
- placing a second portion of the rope into a second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning at least one door of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to define channels between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the door in which the first and second portions of the rope are contained;
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- locking the at least one door with respect to the base with a locking mechanism.
A method comprising:
- providing a rope clasp device including a base with a first inner surface and a second inner surface and at least one door;
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- providing instructions for securing a watercraft to a substantially stationary object with the rope clasp device, the instructions comprising:
- looping a portion of a rope attached to the watercraft around the substantially stationary object;
- placing a first portion of the rope into the first inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- placing a second portion of the rope into the second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning at least one door of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to define channels between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the door to contain the first and second portions of the rope;
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- locking the at least one door with respect to the base with a locking mechanism to lock the rope around the substantially stationary object thereby attaching the watercraft to the substantially stationary object via the rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.