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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
International Safety Components Ltd, Gwynedd, GB;
Kevin Brown, Gwynedd, GB;
INTERNATIONAL SAFETY COMPONENTS LIMITED, Gwynedd, GB;
Abstract
A combination climbing apparatus () comprising or including a rope ascender () and a pulley block (), the rope ascender having front () and rear () plates disposed in generally parallel relationship, a first swivel pin () being received within co-axial bores in the front and rear plates, about which pin the plates are swivelable with respect to each other, a cam lever () mounted on the first swivel pin between the front and rear plates, the cam lever being connected, directly or indirectly, to a climbing rope braking surface () on a cam between the front and rear plates, the cam lever being operable to trap the rope against the cam braking surface, the front and rear plates each including a second bore () remote from the major axis of the first swivel pin for receiving a second, removable, swivel pin (), a pulley block releasably the ascender and pulley block may be selectively used in combination when required or separately when not. The invention also extends in a second aspect to a pulley block for use in a combination climbing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention, or separately.