Patent ID: 8060994

Claim:
A carabiner comprising: a fixed C-shaped body having a first end shaped as a securing part, and an opposite second end on which is pivotally mounted a gate movable around a pivoting axis between a closed position and an open position, said gate comprising: a latching part, situated opposite the pivoting axis, that operates in conjunction with the securing part in the closed position, a return spring biasing the gate to the closed position, a locking ring fitted coaxially around the gate and having a smaller length than that of the gate, said ring being movable between a first locked position wherein the gate is locked in the closed position and a second unlocked position wherein the gate is moveable to the open position, wherein the latching part is capped by an end head partially surrounding the securing part in the closed position of the gate, said end head having a frustum-shaped lateral portion joined to the end of said gate by an annular shoulder that is an end-of-travel stop for the ring in the first locked position, wherein the external diameter of said shoulder corresponds substantially to the external diameter of the locking ring.