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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Alain Maurice, Saint Hilaire du Touvet, FR;
Benoît Vuillermoz, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FR;
Inventors:
Alain Maurice, Saint Hilaire du Touvet, FR;
Benoît Vuillermoz, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FR;
Assignee:
Zedel, Crolles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 1/20 (2006.01); F16G 11/00 (2006.01); A62B 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ascender/descender appliance for ascending and descending on a rope, comprising a body having attachment means to be connected to the user's harness and a clamping device able to be released on load. The clamping device is arranged outside the body and comprises a chain of metal links constituted by a succession of friction elements articulated on one another by connecting rods to form a series of gaps for the rope to pass in zigzag manner. Means are associated with the top link to trigger clamping of the ascender device.