DEVICE FOR SECURING ROPE IN MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS AND PROCESS OF USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An apparatus for securing a rope, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a device body having a first width, a first length, and a first height, the first width substantially greater than each of the first height and the first length, the rope wrapped around the device body in the plane of the first height and first width, the device body providing frictional forces to the rope, the device body having a first and second end, the first and second end at opposing ends of the first width of the device body;
(b) a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first length away from the central body, the rope passing from the device body through the first rope notch, the first rope notch holding the rope in the first rope notch;
(c) a second rope notch, the second rope notch located at the second end of the device body, the second rope notch extending in a second direction parallel to the first length away from the device body, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, the rope passing from the device body through the second rope notch, the second rope notch holding the rope in the second rope notch, the rope being held firmly in place by a combination of friction and tension provided by the rope being wrapped around the device body, and the first and second rope notch holding the rope.
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing a rope includes a device body having a first width, a first length, and a first height, the first width substantially greater than each of the first height and the first length, the device body having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends at opposing ends of the first width of the device body. The apparatus includes a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first height away from the central body. The apparatus includes a second rope notch, the second rope notch located at the second end of the device body, the second rope notch extending in a second direction parallel to the first height away from the device body, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus for securing a rope, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a device body having a first width, a first length, and a first height, the first width substantially greater than each of the first height and the first length, the rope wrapped around the device body in the plane of the first height and first width, the device body providing frictional forces to the rope, the device body having a first and second end, the first and second end at opposing ends of the first width of the device body; (b) a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first length away from the central body, the rope passing from the device body through the first rope notch, the first rope notch holding the rope in the first rope notch; (c) a second rope notch, the second rope notch located at the second end of the device body, the second rope notch extending in a second direction parallel to the first length away from the device body, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, the rope passing from the device body through the second rope notch, the second rope notch holding the rope in the second rope notch, the rope being held firmly in place by a combination of friction and tension provided by the rope being wrapped around the device body, and the first and second rope notch holding the rope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for securing a rope, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a means providing frictional forces to the rope; (b) a first means for holding the rope, the first means for holding the rope integrated with a first end of the means for wrapping the rope; and (c) a second means for holding the rope, the second means for holding the rope integrated with a second end of the means for wrapping the rope.
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6. An apparatus for securing a rope, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) a device body having a first width, a first length, and a first height, the first width substantially greater than each of the first height and the first length, the device body having a first and second end, the first and second end at opposing ends of the first width of the device body; (b) a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first length away from the central body; and (c) a second rope notch, the second rope notch located at the second end of the device body, the second rope notch extending in a second direction parallel to the first length away from the device body, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of securing a rope in an apparatus including a device body having a first width, a first length, and a first height, the first width substantially greater than each of the first height and the first length, the device body having a first and second end, the first and second end at opposing ends of the first width of the device body;
- a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first length away from the central body;
a second rope notch, the second rope notch located at the second end of the device body, the second rope notch extending in a second direction parallel to the first length away from the device body, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, the method comprising;(a) securing the rope in the first rope notch; (b) wrapping the rope around the device body; and (c) securing the rope in the second notch. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
- a first rope notch, the first rope notch located at the first end of the device body, the first rope notch extending in a first direction parallel to the first length away from the central body;
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23. A method of securing a rope, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a device comprising first and second end sections connected to a center section with said first and said second end sections containing a plurality of cylindrically-shaped voids adjoined to a plurality of open slots; (b) drawing the rope through a first open slot of the plurality of open slots into a first cylindrically-shaped void of the plurality of cylindrically-shaped voids thereby securing the rope in the first cylindrically-shaped void; (c) winding said rope around said center section; and (d) drawing the rope through a second open slot of the plurality of open slots into a second cylindrically-shaped void of the plurality of cylindrically-shaped voids thereby securing the rope in the second cylindrically-shaped void.
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Specification