Patent ID: 9016431
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A01M,A47C,A62B,E06C

Abstract:
1. A descending device for passively slowing a rate of descent of a load descending down a length of a rope, comprising: a base plate; a swivel plate; first and second parallel pins, of the first and second parallel pins being secured at a respective first end thereof to the base plate such that the first and second parallel pins are immovable with respect to the base plate when the device is assembled; first and second carabiner receiving apertures located at first respective ends of the base plate and swivel plate away from the first and second parallel pins, both of the first and second carabiner receiving apertures for receiving a same carabiner therethough; wherein a distance between the first and second carabiner receiving apertures and the first pin is substantially different from a distance between the first and second carabiner receiving apertures and the second pin, wherein both of the first and second parallel pins secure the swivel plate to the base plate when the device is assembled, when the rope is serpentinely wrapped about respective rope-contacting portions of the first and second parallel pins, and when the load is attached to the same carabiner, and wherein the respective rope-contacting portions of the first and second parallel pins are non-rotable with respect to the base plate.