Patent ID: 6622354
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A63B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
An improved carabiner which mitigates the risks associated with the inadvertent occurrence of back-clipping, comprising in combination:a. a rope receiving member capable of receiving a cross section of a rope through an opening in said rope receiving member and of containing said rope within said rope receiving member once said opening has been closed by a pivoting gate member, said rope receiving member also containing a means to accept an end of said pivoting gate member, b. said pivoting gate member pivotally attached to an upper portion of said rope receiving member, spring loaded so that an unattached end of said pivoting gate member is normally positioned within said means to accept an end of said pivoting gate member, thus forming a latch, c. a rope diversion means, attached to said rope receiving member, shaped and positioned so as to divert said rope away from said pivoting gate member in the event a climber has fallen after back-clipping said rope into said improved carabiner.