Systems and methods for a locking double carabineer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9255602-B2
Application number	US-201313786855-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2013
Priority date	Mar 7, 2012
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

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, and the second gate attached to the body and oriented to close the second hook. The apparatus further includes a first and second sliding lock, the first and second sliding locks oriented on the first and second gates, respectively, the first and second sliding locks having a first position, the first position being a locked position where the sliding lock is positioned in a first and second notch in the body, and a second position, the second position being an unlocked position where the first and second sliding locks are distal from the first and second notches.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A locking carabineer comprising:
a carabineer body having a first hook and a second hook, the first hook having a first opening and the second hook having a second opening;
a first gate interconnected with the carabineer body, such that the first gate closes the first opening;
a first slide configured to slide up and down the first gate, the first slide having a first position and a second position in relation to the carabineer body, the first position locking the first gate and the second position unlocking the first gate, wherein the carbineer body has a first notch, proximate to where the first gate is interconnected with the carabineer body, the first notch sized to receive the first slide when the first slide is in the first position, wherein the first slide prevents the first gate from rotating to an open position by pressing against the first notch;
a second gate interconnected with the carabineer body, such that the second gate closes the first opening; and
a second slide configured to slide up and down the second gate, the second slide having a third position and a fourth position in relation to the carabineer body, the third position locking the second gate and the fourth position unlocking the second gate wherein the carbineer body has a first notch, proximate to where the first gate is interconnected with the carabineer body, the first notch sized to receive the first slide when the first slide is in the first position and the first slide prevents the first gate from rotating to an open position by pressing against the first notch, the first and second hooks form an s-shape in the carabineer body, the first and second gates are wireframe gates, and the wireframe gates include a first slide and a second slide, and each include a tab, the tab sized to fit inside the wireframe gates to prevent the first and second gates from sliding off an end of the wireframe gates.

2. The locking carabineer of claim 1 , wherein the first and second slides have an approximately oval shape around the wireframe gates.

3. The locking carabineer of claim 2 , wherein the first and second slides each have a notch configured to allow removal of the first and second slides.

4. The locking carabineer of claim 2 , wherein the first and second slides each have a first opening and a second opening at each end, and the first and second slides narrow gradually from the first and second openings, such that the narrowing at the second opening prevents the first and second slides from sliding off of the first and second carabineer gates, respectively.

5. A method of using a locking double carabineer, the method comprising:
providing a locking double carabineer having a slide on each of a first gate and a second gate;
sliding the slide on the first gate from a first locked position to a second unlocked position;
opening the first gate;
closing the first gate; and
sliding the slide on the first gate from the second unlocked position to the first locked position, wherein the first gate is locked, wherein the first locked position positions the slide of the first gate in a notch in a body of the double locking carabineer, the slide preventing the first gate from opening when the slide is in the notch, and the notch is located near an interconnection point of the first gate with the body of the double carabineer, wherein the body includes a first hook and a second hook, the first and second hooks form an s-shape in the carabineer body, the first and second gates are wireframe gates, and the wireframe gates include a first slide and a second slide, and each include a tab, the tab sized to fit inside the wireframe gates to prevent the first and second gates from sliding off an end of the wireframe gates.

Assignees

• Nite Ize Inc

Inventors

• Liang Robin

Classifications

• Y10T29/49

  Method of mechanical manufacture · CPC title

• F16B45/06 Primary

  Hooks with two symmetrically-pivoting hook parts {within the same locking cavity (F16B45/035 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16B45/02

  Hooks with pivoting {or elastically bending} closing member · CPC title

• Y10T24/45372

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F16B45/029

  the position-locking means being slidably mounted · CPC title