Connector with a Safety Gate
AssigneeKong Inc.
InventorsMarco Bonaiti, Livio Corsale
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Abstract
A connector or carabiner is provided, wherein a gate coupled with an oscillating finger is adapted to ensure an improved closed condition thereof. The gate is movable along its longitudinal axis and rotatable about it for opening and closing the finger. The gate includes at least one safety notch, which engages with a septum of the nose of the carabiner when the finger makes a movement other than those of the sequence of movements required for opening it.
Claims6
Connector (1) comprising a hook-shaped body (5), a finger (2) connected to the hook-shaped body (5) and oscillating between a closed condition, in which it is engaged with one end (52) of the body (5), and an open condition in which it is separated from the same, in contrast to the elastic action of at least one spring (7), a gate (10) coupled with the oscillating finger (2) for locking the latter in its closed condition, wherein the gate (10) is movable along its longitudinal axis and rotatable about it for opening and closing the finger (2), characterized in that the gate comprises at least one safety notch (101) adapted to engage with a septum (54) of the nose (52) of the body (5) when the finger (2) makes an opening movement from a closed condition.
Connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the opening of the finger (2) occurs after a succession of the following movements:
- i) an axial translational movement of the gate (19);
- ii) a rotational movement of the gate (10) to align the main notch (100) with the nose (52) of the body (5);
- iii) a movement of the finger (2) towards the inside of the connector for opening it.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.