Arborist's climbing rope
AssigneeNew England Ropes, Inc.
InventorWilliam C. Shakespeare
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Abstract
An arborist's climbing rope in which an eye splice having a splice tuck can be formed at one end includes in one embodiment a core of polypropylene, a first braided tubular sheath of nylon disposed about the core and a second braided tubular sheath of a polyester disposed about the first braided tubular sheath, the cross-sectional diameter of the fiber material of the core area being in the range of 1 to 10% of the total cross-sectional diameter of the arborist's climbing rope. In forming the eye splice a portion of the core is intentionally removed near the eye splice to form a space within the first tubular sheath where the core has been removed and the splice tuck is buried in and substantially completely fills the space within the first tubular sheath where the core has been intentionally removed.
Claims19
An arborist's climbing rope comprising a core of fiber material;
- a first braided tubular sheath of fiber material disposed about the core;
- and a second braided tubular sheath of fiber material disposed about the first braided tubular sheath;
- the core cross-sectional diameter of the fiber material of the core area being in the range of 1 to 10% of the total cross-sectional diameter of the arborist's climbing rope.
The arborist's climbing rope having an eye splice at one end, said eye splice including a splice tuck, said arborist's climbing rope comprising:
- (a) a core of fiber material;
- (b) a first braided tubular sheath of fiber material disposed about the core;
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- (c) a second braided tubular sheath of fiber material disposed about the first braided tubular sheath;
- (d) a portion of the core being intentionally removed near the eye splice to form a space within the first tubular sheath where the core has been removed;
- (e) the splice tuck being buried in and substantially completely filing the space within the first tubular sheath where the core has been intentionally removed to provide an arborist's climbing rope that is firm even where the portion of the core has been removed and wherein the external shape of the arborist's climbing rope is not substantially affected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.