Patent ID: 7303506
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A combined vertical and horizontal rope climbing and pulling apparatus comprising: a) a frame having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, said vertical portion having a top and a bottom, said horizontal portion having a front and a back, said bottom of said vertical portion having an opening therein, said horizontal portion also having an opening formed therein, said frame being assembled such that the bottom of said vertical portion is aligned with the front of said horizontal portion; b) a braking mechanism, having an inlet end and an outlet end, attached to said frame; c) a horizontal boom, pivotally attached to said vertical portion of said frame, said horizontal boom having at least one means for guiding an endless rope thereon; d) a means for securing said horizontal boom in a first position, in which said horizontal boom extends outward from the top of said vertical portion in an orthogonal plane thereto and also being parallel to said horizontal portion; e) a means for securing said horizontal boom is a second position, in which said horizontal boom extends downward from the top of said vertical portion and lies substantially parallel thereto; and f) an endless rope, said endless rope being positioned about said frame as follows; said endless rope being in operative engagement with said braking mechanism, extending outward from said outlet end of said braking mechanism, passing over said one means for guiding an endless rope on said horizontal boom, passing through said opening in said horizontal portion of said frame, passing through said opening in the bottom of said vertical portion and passing to said inlet of said braking mechanism.