Patent ID: 7963368

Claim:
Anchored climbing device for removably attaching to a target pole, comprising: an elongated vertical rigid rail member having a base at a lower end thereof for resting on a horizontal ground support; a plurality of horizontal step members projecting at spaced intervals from said rail member; a head member affixed at a top end of said rail member, the head member including left and right arcuate tubular jaw members pivotally supported on said head member, including means for closing said jaw members around said target pole to form a tubular ring, said left and right tubular jaw members having elongated slots formed along radially inward surfaces thereof to form a slot at the inner side of said tubular ring; a tubular cable guide extending vertically along said vertical rigid rail member, through which a cable can be inserted and slid upwards; a tubular connector at an upper end of the cable guide for connecting the cable guide with one of said left and right jaw members, to form a cable passage that extends through the cable guide, the connector, and the tubular ring formed by said left and right jaw members; a cable exit for allowing the cable to pass out of the other of the left and right jaw members and to descend towards said base; wherein with the device positioned against the target pole and with the left and right jaw members closed together, the cable can be fed upwards through the cable guide, around said tubular ring, out said cable exit, and then back down to the base of said vertical rail member; such that when tension is then applied to the cable, the cable slips out through the slot in said tubular ring and snugs against said target pole to secure the upper end of the climbing device against the target pole.