Patent ID: 8398134

Claim:
A carabiner holder mountable on an extension pole for holding and installing a carabiner to a remote attachment ring, the carabiner holder comprising: an axial stem for facilitating support of a carabiner; gripping means extending from the axial stem for releasably capturing a spine of the carabiner and for holding a gate arm of the carabiner in an open position, wherein the gripping means comprises a fixed jaw arm, a moveable jaw arm, and a rounded top opening therebetween for capturing the spine of the carabiner, the moveable jaw arm being pivotably coupled to the axial stem and biased towards the fixed jaw arm; supporting means extending from the axial stem opposite the gripping means for restraining a base of the carabiner, wherein an axial gap defined by the gripping means and the supporting means is variable to accommodate a plurality of carabiners of different size, wherein the gripping means is fixed relative to the axial stem and the supporting means is moveable in an axial direction and biased towards the gripping means for providing the variable axial gap.