Compact grappling hook particularly adapted for military/tactical entry/exit operations in urban terrain
OwnerWilliam A. Gilletteinventor
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Abstract
A light weight compact grappling hook which finds use in at least urban terrain comprising a small head member provided with a plurality of arms or blades which are serrated and/or provided with cutting surfaces/edges. The shaft which is connected to the head can be rigid or flexible. The flexible feature facilitates achieving a hold on surfaces which might otherwise be difficult. The arms or blades are each pivotally supported on pairs of pins and can be spread from folded storage positions and locked in position prior to deployment, or can be spring biased so that spreading and operative deployment is achieved en route to the target.
Claims27
A grappling hook comprising:
- (a) head member;
- (b) first and second pins;
- (c) an arm pivotally mounted on the first pin, said arm being formed with a curved slot in which the second pin slides;
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- (d) a shaft operatively connected with said head member.
A grappling hook comprising:
- (a) head member having a plurality of arm receiving slots;
- (b) a plurality of arms respectively received in said plurality of slots, each of said arms having a round hole and a curved slot formed therein;
- (c) a plurality of first and second pins which are each secured to said head, each of the first pins being disposed through a round hole formed in each of said arms, and each of the second pins being disposed through a curved slot formed in each of said arms, each of the curved slots being so dimensioned that when the arms assume a first folded position, each of the second pins are located at or proximate a first end of the respective curved slots, and when the arms are swung out from the first folded position to a second unfolded position, the second pins are located at or proximate a second end of the respective curved slots;
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- (d) a shaft connected with said head member, said shaft being one of rigid and flexible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.