Patent ID: 6578913
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A01M,E06C

Abstract:
A climbing aid for climbing trees and telephone poles, said climbing aid comprisinga) an H-shaped frame having a first vertical member, a second parallel vertical member and an orthogonal horizontal member interconnecting said first and second member; b) two hand grips extending orthogonally out of the plane of said H-shaped frame; c) a first cable-securing means affixed to said first vertical member; d) a second cable-securing means affixed to said second vertical member; e) a steel cable forming a loop extending between said first and second cable-securing means, said loop loosely encircling an element to be climbed; f) adjustable clamping means associated with at least one of said cable-securing means to permit said steel cable loop to be fixed in a desired adjusted position to accommodate a particular diameter of an element to be climbed; whereby said steel cable may be loosely looped around the element to be climbed and locked by said adjustable clamping means, said climbing aid i) being manually positioned at a higher level by a user grasping said two hand grips reaching said climbing aid upwardly to get said steel cable to bite the element to be climbed, ii) the user pulling herself/himself up, iii) obtaining a foot hold at this elevated position and repeating steps i)-iii) to climb the element to be climbed.