Rope climber
OwnerPaul J. Nothigerinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a rope climber for use in climbing up or down a taut rope, which climber consists of closely similar handle and pedal units, each comprising pivotally connected members between which the rope passes and by which the rope may be alternatively clamped and released through suitable manipulation of the user. My climber units are characterized by the facts that 1. the unit members can be readily disjoined and reunited and can therefore be applied anywhere along the length of a rope; 2. they do not chew into and multilate the rope, nor do they simply squeeze it, but bind it by sharply kinking and pressing it; and 3. they include rope guides which also serve as stops for limiting relative rocking of the members.
Claims4
A rope climbing device consisting of complementary pedal and handle units, each unit consisting of two connected, relatively rockable members, adapted to be manually rocked together to grip the rope and apart to release the rope, said members having confronting faces formed with interdigitally arranged, horizontally disposed, smoothly rounded projections cooperative to kink the rope sharply in opposite directions and thereby to bind it smoothly but firmly and dependably against slipping, the confronting portions of opposed rockable members being substantially coterminous at their upper ends, and one of them being equipped at its upper end with spaced rope guiding devices which span the space between the confronting portions and serve also as stops for intercepting the other member, to limit rocking separation of such members.
A rope climbing device consisting of complementary pedal and handle units, each unit consisting of two connected, relatively rockable members, adapted to be manually rocked together to grip the rope and apart to release the rope, said members having confronting faces formed with interdigitally arranged, horizontally disposed, smoothly rounded projections cooperative to kink the rope sharply in opposite directions and thereby to bind it smoothly but firmly and dependably against slipping, the confronting ends of opposed members taking the form of upright plates, one of said plates having a plurality of horns which project horizontally through correspondingly spaced openings of the other plate and then curve upward, said other plate having an outward stop projection above said openings, and a keeper pin inserted beneath said stop projection and over lower portions of said horns for limiting relative rocking of said members and thereby preventing separation of them.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.