Patent ID: 6736359
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An anchoring device for use in a rock crevice, the anchoring device movable from a non-activated position to an activated position within the rock crevice, the rock crevice being defined by a first rock wall and an opposing second rock wall, the anchoring device comprising:a first axle member; a first cam rotatable about the first axle member, the first cam having a first side surface, a first bottom surface, and a first contact surface, the first contact surface contactable with the first rock wall; a second axle member spaced in a parallel configuration from the first axle member; and a second cam rotatable about the second axle member, the second cam having a second side surface, a second bottom surface, and a second contact surface, the second contact surface contactable with the second rock wall; and spring means associated with the first cam and the second cam for biasing the first cam and the second cam into the non-activated position with the first cam and the second cam being adjacent each other wherein the spring means is a first torsion spring about the first axle member and secured to the first cam and a second torsion spring about the second axle member and secured to the second cam; wherein in a non-activated position, the first axle member is closer to the first rock wall than the second axle member and the second axle member is closer to the second rock wall than the first axle member.