Patent ID: 7082647
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A snap-hook designed to be used for climbing and for working at heights, comprising: a body in the form of a hook for hooking a plurality of belaying accessories thereon, the body including two ends and an access passage; a movable finger articulated on an end at a top part of the body to close or open said access passage of the hook; return means biasing the finger to the closed position; and a guard lug having a length and fixedly attached at one end of the length to the top part inside the body and extending from the top part while facing a lateral branch opposite the finger so as to define a groove designed to be inserted on a support element to achieve immobilization of the snap-hook, wherein the groove narrows along an initial portion of the length extending from the body to an approximate center of the guard lug, and wherein the movable finger has a pivoting pin situated at the end of the top part of said body.