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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Nite Ize, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Bowden Ormsbee, Longmont, CO (US);
Peter Zagone, Boulder, CO (US);
Nite Ize, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for attaching items includes a body and a first and second hook oriented on a first and second side of the body. The apparatus further includes a first and second gate, the first gate attached to the body and oriented to close the first hook, the second gate attached to the body and oriented to close the second hook. The apparatus further includes a pivoting lock, the pivoting lock oriented in the body, the pivoting lock having a first position where a first end of the pivoting lock rests against the first gate and a second end of the pivoting lock rests against the second gate preventing the first and second gates from opening; and a second position where the first end of the pivoting lock does not rest against the first gate and the second end of the pivoting lock does not rest against the second gate, and the first and second gates may be opened.