Back to results
US 6,619,240 B2Granted
Lariat, lariat rope body, method and apparatus
AssigneeEquibrand Corporation
InventorPaul Ormon Sullivan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A novel and superior lariat and lariat rope body for calf and steer roping having a core of monofilaments in the center around which three or more strands of twisted monofilament yarns are wound tightly to form the rope. A novel method of making lariat rope bodies and apparatus used are also disclosed. The rope body has a core in at least about 68 percent of the length of the rope body beginning with the honda end.
Claims11
A calf and steer roping lariat comprising:
- a) a rope body, the rope body having a structure throughout at least a critical length portion comprising a core in a center portion of a cross section of the rope body, said core comprising monofilament yarns with the total denier of monofilaments in the core being in the range of about 35,000 to 70,000, and three or more twisted strands wound around the core, said strands containing twisted monofilament yarns throughout a cross section of each strand and each strand having a denier in the range of about 97,000-145,000, the rope body of the lariat having a total denier of the monofilament yarns in at least the critical length portion of the rope body in the range of about 450,000-650,000;
- b) a honda.
A calf and steer roping lariat rope body comprising:
- a) a structure throughout at least a critical length portion comprising a core in a center portion of a cross section of the rope body, said core comprising monofilament yarns with the total denier of monofilaments in the core being in the range of about 35,000 to 70,000, and three or more twisted strands wound around the core, said strands containing twisted monofilament yarns throughout a cross section of each strand and each strand having a denier in the range of about 97,000-145,000, the rope body of the lariat having a total denier of the monofilament yarns in at least the critical length portion of the rope body in the range of about 450,000-650,000;
- b) wax amoung at least some of the monofilaments in at least some of the monofilament yarns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.