Device for passing a rope around an object

A device for passing a line around an object, comprising:

• a U-shaped stationary member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stationary member having a line holding means,
• a pivoting member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said pivoting member being pivotally attached to said second end of said stationary member, said pivoting member having a pin means extending therefrom at a point intermediate said first end and said second end, said second end of said pivoting member having attached thereto a spring clip, said spring clip having a latch across an opening in said spring clip, said latch being biased toward a closed position such that as said latch bears against said line said latch moves to an open position, and when said line is within said spring clip and no longer bears against said latch, said latch moves back to said closed position thereby holding said line in said spring clip, and
• a biasing means which normally urges said pivoting member to pivot away from said stationary member, whereby when a line is placed so that an end of said line is held in said line holding means and the body of said line extends from said line holding means across said U-shaped stationary member and passes around said pin means and a tension is created in said line, said pivoting member will pivot with respect to said stationary member until said spring clip approaches said line holding means and said spring clip grasps said line proximate said end and removes said line from said line holding means.

A device for passing a line around an object, comprising:

• a stationary member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stationary member having a line holding means,
• a pivoting member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said pivoting member being pivotally attached to said second end of said stationary member, said second end of said pivoting member having a line grasping means,
• an actuating means for causing said pivoting member to pivot with respect to said stationary member until said line grasping means approaches said line holding means so that said line grasping means grasps a line held by said line holding means and passes said line around an object, and
• a biasing means which normally urges said pivoting member to pivot away from said stationary member.