Patent ID: 8820487
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A62B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A rope arresting apparatus, for use with a rope having a first end and a weighted second end, where the first end is gripped by a user, the apparatus comprising: a cam portion configured to exert frictional force on the rope, the cam portion having a resting position and a pinching position; a pinching portion; and a pinching point formed when the cam portion at the pinching position engages the rope against the pinching portion, wherein the cam portion at the resting position is in frictional contact with the rope when tension on the weighted second end of the rope is less than or equal to tension on the first end of the rope, said frictional contact at the resting position being releasable by the user lifting the rope off of the cam portion while pressing the rope against the pinching portion.