Patent ID: 7325575

Claim:
A protector for protecting a protected elongated portion of a rope or webbing, said protector including a protector length along an elongated length of said protector, and said protected elongated portion of the rope or webbing including a protected length that is substantially the same as the protector length, said protector including a flexible abrasion resistant material that comprises: an inner surface adjacent an inner elongated edge of said protector that contacts said protected elongated portion of the rope or webbing along substantially the full length of the protected length of the elongated portion of the rope or webbing; an outer abrasion resistant surface adjacent an outer exposed edge of said protector along substantially the full length of the protected length of the elongated portion of the rope or webbing, said outer abrasion resistant surface providing abrasion resistance and protection of the rope or webbing to external abrasive elements; an intermediate abrasion resistant surface that is intermediate said inner surface and said outer abrasion resistant surface and is not adjacent said inner surface, said intermediate surface extending along substantially the full length of the protected length of the elongated portion of the rope or webbing, and said intermediate abrasion resistant surface providing abrasion resistance and protection of the rope or webbing in the event that a portion of said intermediate abrasion resistant surface becomes exposed due to movement of a portion of said outer abrasion resistant surface away from the rope or webbing; and securing means for securing said protector to the rope or webbing, said securing means including at least one flattened region in said protector.