Belaying descending device for climbing or mountaineering
AssigneeZedel
InventorsLionel Richard, Alain Maurice
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Abstract
A belaying descending device for belaying a leading or second mountain climber, and for controlled descending along a single or double rope, including a metal body having a pair of slits at least one slit for the rope to pass through, a first opening in the form of a securing bow for receiving a first snap-hook in a manner that at least one loop of the rope may pass through the first snap-hook, a second suspension opening for receiving a second snap-hook in the case of belaying of the second climber, and fixed stop means transversely offset with respect to said openings for limiting the movement of the rope through the slits.
Claims10
A belaying descending device for belaying a leading or second mountain climber, and for controlled descending along a single or double rope, comprising a metal body having:
- a pair of slits at least one slit for the rope to pass through,
- a first opening in the form of a securing bow for receiving a first snap-hook in a manner that at least one loop of the rope may pass through the first snap-hook,
- a second suspension opening for receiving a second snap-hook in the case of belaying of the second climber,
- and fixed stop means transversely offset with respect to said openings for limiting the movement of the rope through the slits.
The belaying descending device according 6, wherein each sleeve is fixed and closes the corresponding slit opposite the body in the narrow part of the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.