Patent ID: 8001663
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automatically locking carabiner system comprising: a frame; a gate pivotably coupled to the frame, wherein in a closed configuration the gate and frame form a continuously enclosed inner region, and wherein in an open configuration the gate is pivotably rotated within the inner region to form an opening; a gate biasing system coupled to the frame and gate, biasing the gate toward the closed configuration with respect to the frame, and wherein the gate biasing system is independent of the trigger; and a gate locking system coupled to the frame and gate, wherein the gate locking system includes an engaged state and a disengaged state, and wherein the engaged state corresponds to gate and frame being locked in the closed configuration, and wherein the disengaged state corresponds to the gate being pivotably rotatable with respect to frame, and wherein the gate locking system is biased toward the engaged state, and wherein the gate locking system further includes a trigger pivotably coupled to the frame and disposed on an opposite lengthwise side of the frame from the gate with respect to the inner region, and wherein the pivotably coupled trigger is internally pivotably coupled to the frame so as to be substantially disposed within a portion of the frame in the disengaged state.