Patent ID: 8397351
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A62B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slide for displacement along a life-line, comprising: a body having a guide duct configured and arranged to receive a cable, wherein the guide duct includes two jaws that are configured and arranged to move in relation to each other; a handle including an eyelet configured and arranged to attach a connection member thereto, the handle being rotatably coupled to the body, the handle having a rotary movement about an axis of rotation that is perpendicular to a longitudal axis of the guide duct of the body; an angular limitation member, the angular limitation member having at least one recessed angular sector delimited by spaced stop surfaces in the handle and a stop coupled to the body, the stop configured and arranged to be selectively received within the at least one recessed angular sector to selectively set an angular sector of free rotation of the handle in relation to the body that is greater than 0° via movement of the stop in the recessed angular sector between the spaced stop surfaces, the angular limitation member including a release button configured and arranged to remove the stop from the at least one recessed angular sector when the release button is pressed; a locking mechanism configured and arranged to selectively lock the jaws in a closed position, the locking mechanism including an unlock button, wherein the locking mechanism is configured and arranged to unlock the jaws only when the unlock button and the release button that is in mechanical communication with the unlock button are simultaneously pressed; and an elastic return member configured and arranged to bias the locking mechanism in a default lock position.