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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Cortland Company, Inc., Cortland, NY (US);

Inventor:

Thanasis Varnava, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Cortland Company, Inc., Cortland, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/18 (2006.01); D07B 1/00 (2006.01); D07B 5/00 (2006.01); B66C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/18 (2013.01); B66C 1/12 (2013.01); D07B 1/00 (2013.01); D07B 5/006 (2015.07); D07B 2201/1036 (2013.01); D07B 2205/2014 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2015 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides a sling including a sleeve, a first eye formed by a first splice, and a second eye formed by a second splice. The sleeve includes braided strands and has a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between. The sleeve also defines a hollow inner volume. The first splice is made by the first end portion extending into and along part of the hollow inner volume proximate the first eye. The second splice is made by the second end portion extending into and along part of the hollow inner volume proximate the second eye. A hollow load bearing portion is defined in the intermediate portion between the first splice and the second splice.


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