Patent ID: 7073628
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A climbing device for a climber climbing or descending at least one weight-bearing element ( 1 ), said device comprising releasable clasps ( connecting means ( wherein each of said clasps comprises a resilient time servo-component ( wherein said resilient time servo-component is an elastic rubber member, a hydraulic spring or a pneumatic spring and said means for clamping said at least one weight-bearing element comprising inclined bevels pivotably mounted in said housing and forming an interior space widening downward; cotters positioned on opposite sides of said at least one weight-bearing element in between said inclined bevels; rollers arranged movably, but securably, between said cotters and said inclined bevels in said interior space; wherein said inclined bevels are connected to said resilient time servo-component so that said inclined bevels respond to said time servo-component when said time servo-component acts on said means for clamping.