Coupling device for a sports harness and sports harness

A hookless coupling device for a sports harness, the coupling device comprising:

• an elongate body having a connector end for connection with a sports harness, an engagement end, and an elongate aperture extending between the connector end and the engagement end, wherein the elongate aperture is relatively wider at the connector end, for receiving an engager through the elongate aperture, and relatively narrower at the engagement end, for engaging the engager to the elongate body;
• and
• a gate having a first position, in which an engager may pass through the elongate aperture at the connector end, and a second position in which the gate interferes with the elongate aperture at the connector end to prevent the engager from passing through the elongate aperture at the connector end, wherein the gate comprises a gate body freely positioned adjacent the elongate aperture at the connector end, and a resiliently elastic tether secured at a first end to the gate body and at a second end to the elongate body, and,
• in the second position, the resiliently elastic tether biases the gate body adjacent the elongate aperture, at the connector end, and,
• in the first position, the gate body is separated from the elongate aperture, at the connector end, by extending or stretching the resiliently elastic tether, so that the resiliently elastic tether urges the gate body towards the second position.