Climbing apparatus and system
OwnerLuke W. Hurstinventor
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Abstract
A climbing apparatus and system for climbing a columnar structure, including a pair of climbing apparatus, each of which includes an elongated vertical member with a pair of anchors to engage with the columnar structure, a fastening loop pivotally connected to the vertical member and which locates around the columnar structure, and a platform which supports the foot of a user. One of the pairs of climbing apparatus can have a platform located at a greater distance from its respective fastening loop connection than the other of the pair of climbing apparatus to facilitate stepwise climbing. the user alternatingly shifts weight between each apparatus and moves the other of the pair of climbing apparatus in a stepwise manner until the desired height is reached.
Claims18
A climbing apparatus for ascending and descending a columnar structure, the climbing apparatus comprising:
- i. an elongated vertical member;
- ii. a pair of anchors fixed to the elongated vertical member in spaced-apart relation along the length of the elongated vertical member, the pair of anchors projecting outwardly from the elongated vertical member;
- iii. a platform fixed along the length of the elongated vertical member and configured to support a foot of a user;
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- iv. a fastening loop adjustably and pivotally connected to the elongated vertical member between the pair of anchors, wherein when the climbing apparatus is affixed to the columnar structure, the fastening loop surrounds the columnar structure with the pair of anchors supported against the columnar structure.
A climbing system comprising a pair of climbing apparatus for ascending and descending a columnar structure, each climbing apparatus comprising:
- i. an elongated vertical member;
- ii. a pair of anchors fixed to the elongated vertical member in spaced-apart relation along the length of the elongated vertical member, and projecting outwardly from the elongated vertical member and toward and against the columnar structure when the climbing apparatus is fixed to the columnar structure;
- iii. a platform fixed along the length of the elongated vertical member and configured to support a foot of a user;
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- iv. a fastening loop adjustably and pivotally connected to the elongated vertical member between the pair of anchors, the fastening loop surrounding the columnar structure when the climbing apparatus is affixed to the columnar structure,
- wherein the platform of one of the pair of climbing apparatus is fixed along the length of the elongated vertical member at a distance further away from the fastening loop connection on the one climbing apparatus than the distance of the platform to the fastening loop connection of the other one of the pair of climbing apparatus, to facilitate ascending and descending the columnar structure by moving one of the pair of climbing apparatus along the columnar structure followed by the other one of the pair of climbing apparatus in succession.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.