Patent ID: 8621728

Claim:
A locking carabiner, comprising: a carabiner body comprising: a first body leg end; and a second body leg end; wherein a gap separates the first body leg end and the second body leg end; a gate comprising: an opening end; and a hinged end; a locking mechanism comprising: an eccentric having an offset hole, where the eccentric is configured to rotate with respect to a hole in the second body leg end; and a control arm connected to the eccentric and configured to control rotation of the eccentric between an unlocked position and a locked position; 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.