Patent ID: 7052447

Claim:
A climbing device intended to be worn by a climber and adapted for scaling a structure to which magnets are attracted, comprising in combination: a hand unit formed of a sufficient size to be worn on a hand of the climber, the hand unit having a wrist section and a palm section, the wrist section having an open end to accommodate entry of the hand of the climber, the palm section having finger sections and a thumb section corresponding to the fingers and thumb of the hand of the climber; magnets attached to the hand unit; means for securing the hand unit to the hand of the climber; a leg unit formed of a sufficient size to be worn on a leg of the climber, the leg unit having a planar member, the planar member having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a plurality of magnets attached to the exterior surface of the planar member; means for attaching the leg unit to the leg of the climber; a foot platform attached to the leg unit for supporting a foot of the climber; and the magnets of the hand unit and the plurality of the leg unit coacting to engage the structure with a magnetic force sufficient to support the weight of the climber when scaling the structure, the magnets of the hand unit and the plurality of magnets of the leg unit being independently released from the structure and reattached at different locations for enabling the climber to traverse the structure.