Universal carabiner holder
AssigneeQuasar Services
InventorStephen Mortensen
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Abstract
A universal safety and rescue carabiner holder is disclosed for securing a carabiner with its gate in the open position while extending the user's reach several feet in any direction, which is also capable of supporting a long and heavy segment of attached safety rope. The carabiner holder is mounted to the end of an extension pole and includes an axial stem, gripping means supported by the axial stem for releasably capturing the spine of the carabiner and for holding the carabiner's gate arm in an open position, and supporting means supported by the axial stem opposite the gripping means for restraining the base of the carabiner. An axial gap defined by the gripping means and the supporting means is variable to accommodate a broad selection of carabiners have a wide variety of sizes, shapes and gate arm configurations.
Claims19
A carabiner holder mountable on an extension pole for holding and installing a carabiner to a remote attachment ring, the carabiner holder comprising:
- an axial stem for facilitating support of a carabiner;
- gripping means extending from the axial stem for releasably capturing a spine of the carabiner and for holding a gate arm of the carabiner in an open position, wherein the gripping means comprises a fixed jaw arm, a moveable jaw arm, and a rounded top opening therebetween for capturing the spine of the carabiner, the moveable jaw arm being pivotably coupled to the axial stem and biased towards the fixed jaw arm;
- supporting means extending from the axial stem opposite the gripping means for restraining a base of the carabiner,
- wherein an axial gap defined by the gripping means and the supporting means is variable to accommodate a plurality of carabiners of different size,
- wherein the gripping means is fixed relative to the axial stem and the supporting means is moveable in an axial direction and biased towards the gripping means for providing the variable axial gap.
A carabiner holder for holding and remotely installing a carabiner, the carabiner holder comprising:
- an axial stem mountable to an extension pole;
- a pair of separable jaw arms extending from an upper portion of the axial stem and biased towards a closed position for releasably capturing a spine of the carabiner;
- and
- a moveable base support extending from a lower portion of the axial stem for restraining a base of the carabiner, wherein the moveable base support comprises a looped wire cradle for receiving a bottom of the carabiner therein,
- wherein the moveable base support is biased towards the jaw arms to hold a gate arm of the carabiner in an open position against an underside of a jaw arm.
A rescue system for remotely attaching a safety rope to an attachment ring of a safety harness comprising:
- a carabiner comprising a base, a spine, a hook portion and a pivotable gate arm, the base, spine, hook portion and gate arm together forming an annular body when the gate arm is in the closed position;
- a safety rope coupled to the carabiner;
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- a carabiner holder supported on an extension pole, comprising:
- an axial stem;
- a pair of separable and biased jaw arms extending from an upper portion of the axial stem for releasably capturing a spine of the carabiner;
- and
- a moveable base support extending from a lower portion of the axial stem and being biased towards the jaw arms, for restraining a base of the carabiner while releasably securing a gate arm of the carabiner in an open position against an underside of a jaw arm, wherein the moveable base support comprises a looped wire cradle for receiving a bottom of the carabiner therein.
A method for locking a carabiner into a remote ring or hanger comprising:
- obtaining a carabiner holder coupled to an extension pole, the carabiner holder comprising an axial stem having a gripping means at a first end, a supporting means at a second end, and a variable axial gap between the gripping means and the supporting means wherein the supporting means comprises a looped wire cradle;
- positioning the carabiner with an attached rope within carabiner holder, with a spine portion of the carabiner releasably captured by the gripping means and a base portion of the carabiner restrained by the support means;
- causing the axial gap to expand while placing a gate arm of the carabiner adjacent the gripping means and exposing a hook portion of the carabiner;
- allowing the axial gap to contract and releasably secure the gate arm with the gripping means;
- extending the extension pole to place the exposed hook portion of the carabiner into the remote ring or hanger;
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- causing the axial gap to expand and release the gate arm from the gripping means to lock the carabiner about the remote ring or hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.