Patent ID: 6874851

Claim:
A seat for a suspended rope, the seat comprising: a plate-shaped seat body having an axial passage for the rope; and means cooperating with said seat body to define a horizontal channel, said horizontal channel disposed external to said axial passage, whereby the seat is attached to the rope by inserting a free end of the rope through said axial passage and then bending the rope end back in an upward direction while leaving a gap between the rope and an outer, lower portion of said channel, and then passing the rope end through said channel and through said gap thereby forming a knot in the rope at a lower side of said seat body and said channel, wherein said seat body has a stepped section disposed outside of said axial passage, said stepped section being covered in a radial direction by a bridge to form said channel, wherein said bridge is substantially L-shaped and comprises a radial arm and an axial arm, wherein an eyelet ring of the radial arm engages an annular recess formed on a lower side of said seat body concentrically to said passage, wherein the axial arm has an end flange which engages on a receiving section of said seat body formed on a base of said stepped section.