Patent ID: 9498655
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A62B,A63B

Claim Text:
1. Belay device comprising: a main body having a top, a bottom, a first end and an oppositely disposed second end, said first end and said second end intermediate said top and said bottom of said main body, said main body composed of a first plate, a second plate and a third plate constrained one to another according to substantially parallel planes by a plurality of constraining means, said third plate being positioned intermediate said first plate and said second plate, said first, second and third plates being spaced from each other to provide a first gap between said first plate and said third plate and to provide a second gap between said second plate and said third plate for a rope to be inserted into said first gap present between said first plate and said third plate or for a rope to be inserted into said second gap between said second plate and said third plate, wherein said first, second and third plates proximal to said first end are adapted to provide said main body with an opening for hooking a first karabiner to said main body of the device by passing through said opening, said opening being divided between a first portion corresponding to an unlocking position of said one rope and a second portion corresponding to a blocking position of said one rope, wherein said first karabiner constrains said device to a user when said first karabiner is hooked into said opening, wherein said first plate and said second plate each have a protruding tooth in alignment with each other, each of said protruding tooth projecting into and separating said opening into said first portion and said second portion, wherein said main body further includes a first through hole disposed in one of said plates at a position proximal to said first end adapted to allow the hooking of said first karabiner removed from said opening or of a second karabiner around which said rope is passed through, said first through hole being positioned intermediate said top of said main body and said protruding tooth of said first plate, and wherein said main body further includes a constraining hole disposed in said one of said plates at a position proximal to said second end.