Patent ID: 11920627
Assignee: NITE IZE, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 10:
11. A method of coupling an object to a carabiner comprising:
providing the carabiner, the carabiner comprising a carabiner body forming an opening having a width and forming a chamber, the carabiner body comprising a gate rest notch, and a gate rest, and a pivotable gate coupled to the carabiner body at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest notch when in a closed position;
wherein the carabiner body is sized to accommodate an object with an aperture and a thickness, and the width is approximately less than 100% greater than the thickness and is approximately 17%-38% of a length of the gate;
placing the gate rest through the object via the aperture; and
sliding the object into the chamber by pivoting the gate to an open position.