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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2020
Brent Barhahn, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
John Baker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Peter Thomas Gompert, Huntsville, UT (US);
Alexander John Szela, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Matthew Ronald Weiseth, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brent Barhahn, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
John Baker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Peter Thomas Gompert, Huntsville, UT (US);
Alexander John Szela, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Matthew Ronald Weiseth, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An automatic carabiner gate locking system and method of operation. The system includes a frame, a gate, a gate biasing system, and a gate locking system. The gate locking system further includes a set of rotatable latching sleeves disposed over the gate. When the gate is in the closed state, the latching sleeves independently rotate between an unlocked state in which the gate is free to pivot and a locked state in which the gate may be prevented from pivoting with respect to the frame. The locked state further includes rotationally orienting the latching sleeves over the gate frame coupling region. The unlocked state further includes rotationally separating the latching sleeves to expose a locking recess over the gate recess, thereby allowing the gate to pivot. A second embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of automatically locking a carabiner gate.