Safety carabiner
AssigneeWichard
InventorSebastien Tardif
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Abstract
The safety carabiner includes a body including a central portion extended at the ends thereof by a first hook-shaped branch provided with a retaining portion and a second branch, respectively, the first branch having a retaining portion, and a closing finger pivotably mounted on the second branch of the body around a pivot axis, between closed and open positions of the carabiner; where retaining portion includes a slender end portion that is generally tapered seen from the side and the retaining portion is configured so that, when the carabiner extends substantially perpendicular to said flat support, and the first and second branches of the carabiner are bearing on said flat support, the free end of the end portion forms the bearing zone of the first branch on said flat support.
Claims10
A safety carabiner, comprising:
- a body comprising a central portion extended at ends thereof by a first hook-shaped branch and a second branch, respectively, the first branch including a retaining portion comprising a slender end portion, the slender end portion including a distal tip and being generally tapered seen from the side,
- a closing finger pivotably mounted on the second branch of the body around a hinge pin, between a closed position in which the closing finger cooperates with the retaining portion and an open position in which the closing finger is tilted toward the inside of the carabiner,
- wherein the retaining portion is configured so that, when the carabiner extends substantially perpendicular to a flat support such that the first and second branches of the body are bearing on said flat support, the distal tip of the slender end portion forms a bearing zone of the first branch on said flat support, and
- wherein the slender end portion of the retaining portion is laterally delimited by at least two substantially flat side surfaces converging toward the distal tip of the slender end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.