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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Paul Oddou, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jake Hall, Draper, UT (US);
Bill Belcourt, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ben Walker, Draper, UT (US);
Paul Oddou, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jake Hall, Draper, UT (US);
Bill Belcourt, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ben Walker, Draper, UT (US);
Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system with a housing, camming mechanism, and clutch mechanism. The housing may include a substantially enclosed rope channel through which a rope may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism is moveably coupled to the housing and configured to automatically engage a camming surface upon the rope across the rope channel if the rope translates through the channel at a particular acceleration rate. The clutch mechanism may function as a secondary locking mechanism to engage the camming surface of the camming mechanism upon the rope across the rope channel.