Patent ID: 8621728
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking carabiner, comprising: a carabiner body comprising: a gate comprising: a locking mechanism comprising: wherein the hinged end of the gate is pinned through the offset hole in the eccentric to pivotally attach the hinged end of the gate to the second body leg end; wherein the gate spans the gap separating the first and second body leg ends of the carabiner body and is configured to pivot away from the first body leg end when the eccentric is in the unlocked position; and wherein rotation of the eccentric from the unlocked position to the locked position pulls the gate toward the second body leg end so that the opening end of the gate forms an interlocking relationship with the first body leg end in which the gate cannot pivot away from the first body leg end.