Rope clasp
OwnerBenjamin Dodgeinventor
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Abstract
A rope clasp device for securing a rope eliminates the need for a knot in a rope by selectively clasping and encasing at least one portion of a rope in a toothed clamp. The rope clasp device comprises a base, at least one, but generally two swinging doors, and a lock. The swinging doors are pivotably coupled to the base in order to be moved between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, a pair of channels for passage of a rope is defined between the base and the doors. The channels are defined by a plurality of clasping teeth to retain the rope therein.
Claims20
A method of selectively securing and unsecuring a watercraft to a substantially stationary object with a rope clasp device, comprising:
- placing a first portion of a rope attached to the watercraft into a first inner surface of a base of the rope clasp device;
- looping a portion of the rope around the substantially stationary object;
- placing a second portion of the rope into a second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning a pair of doors of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to contain the first and second portions of the rope between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the pair of doors;
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- locking the pair of doors with respect to the base with a locking mechanism to temporarily lock the rope around the substantially stationary object thereby attaching the watercraft to the substantially stationary object via the rope;
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- unlocking the pair of doors with respect to the base with the locking mechanism to remove the rope from the substantially stationary object thereby detaching the watercraft from the substantially stationary object.
A method of securing a rope to an object with a rope clasp device, comprising:
- placing a first portion of the rope into a first inner surface of a base of the rope clasp device;
- looping a portion of the rope around the object;
- placing a second portion of the rope into a second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning a pair of doors of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to contain the first and second portions of the rope between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the pair of doors;
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- locking the pair of doors with respect to the base, temporarily, with a single locking mechanism;
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- unlocking the pair of doors with respect to the base with the single locking mechanism.
A method comprising:
- providing a rope clasp device including a base with a first inner surface and a second inner surface and a pair of doors;
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- securing a watercraft to a substantially stationary object with the rope clasp device, the method of securing comprising:
- looping a portion of a rope attached to the watercraft around the substantially stationary object;
- placing a first portion of the rope into the first inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- placing a second portion of the rope into the second inner surface of the base of the rope clasp device;
- positioning the pair of doors of the rope clasp device in confronting alignment over the base to contain the first and second portions of the rope between the first and second inner surfaces of the base and corresponding inner surfaces of the pair of doors;
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- locking the pair of doors with respect to the base with a locking mechanism to lock the rope around the substantially stationary object thereby attaching the watercraft to the substantially stationary object via the rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.