Patent ID: 9255602
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A locking carabineer comprising: a carabineer body having a first hook and a second hook, the first hook having a first opening and the second hook having a second opening; a first gate interconnected with the carabineer body, such that the first gate closes the first opening; a first slide configured to slide up and down the first gate, the first slide having a first position and a second position in relation to the carabineer body, the first position locking the first gate and the second position unlocking the first gate, wherein the carbineer body has a first notch, proximate to where the first gate is interconnected with the carabineer body, the first notch sized to receive the first slide when the first slide is in the first position, wherein the first slide prevents the first gate from rotating to an open position by pressing against the first notch; a second gate interconnected with the carabineer body, such that the second gate closes the first opening; and a second slide configured to slide up and down the second gate, the second slide having a third position and a fourth position in relation to the carabineer body, the third position locking the second gate and the fourth position unlocking the second gate wherein the carbineer body has a first notch, proximate to where the first gate is interconnected with the carabineer body, the first notch sized to receive the first slide when the first slide is in the first position and the first slide prevents the first gate from rotating to an open position by pressing against the first notch, the first and second hooks form an s-shape in the carabineer body, the first and second gates are wireframe gates, and the wireframe gates include a first slide and a second slide, and each include a tab, the tab sized to fit inside the wireframe gates to prevent the first and second gates from sliding off an end of the wireframe gates.