Patent ID: 6138792
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
A portable climbing apparatus comprising at least two segments which are adapted to be operatively connected together to form an elastically deformable ladder, each segment comprisingat least one elastically deformable longitudinal member, a plurality of transverse members, and a multiplicity of contact points extending from the segment toward an object to be climbed, whereineach transverse member is affixed at spaced intervals to the at least one longitudinal member to form a series of rungs, andeach longitudinal member has at least one mating end adapted to connect the segments together and coupling sleeves adapted to fit over the mating ends of the at least one longitudinal member of two segments to operatively connect the segments, andwherein the apparatus has at least one securing means adapted to connect the ladder to the object to be climbed, andwherein the at least one securing means comprises a rope and a binder assembly, the binder assembly comprises a binder mount and a binder, wherein the binder mount is attached to the at least one longitudinal member and the binder is pivotally attached to the binder mount, and wherein the rope has a first end attached to the binder and a second end adapted to be wrapped around an object to be climbed and secured to the at least one longitudinal member, and wherein the binder is adapted to pivot to tension and secure the rope, and wherein the binder comprises a first end having a niche formed therein, a body with two apertures formed therein, and a second end with an extension formed by two tangs separated by a central slot,and wherein the number of securing means is one less than the number of segments.