US 12,227,384 B2
Rope edge protector
Dirk Otto Dorenbos, Cochrane (CA)
Filed by Dirk Otto Dorenbos, Cochrane (CA)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,174.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,337, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306421 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 57/02 (2006.01); B66C 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 57/02 (2013.01) [B66C 1/122 (2013.01); B65H 2701/35 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edge protector system for protecting a rope as it passes over an edge formed by a first face and a second face, the edge protector system comprising:
a body having:
an outer surface comprising a curved channel portion configured to receive at least one rope, wherein the channel portion has a first end, an opposite second end and an apex disposed between the first and second ends thereof, wherein the channel portion tapers from the apex to the first end and the channel portion tapers from the apex to the second end such that when the at least one rope is disposed in the channel portion and the rope is pulled taut the rope is free from contact with the first and second ends of the channel, wherein the channel portion includes one or more partitions extending out from the outer surface to divide the channel portion into a plurality of individual channels, wherein the apex of the channel portion has a minimum radius of curvature of at least 1.5 times the width of the smallest individual channel to maintain a minimum bend radius in the at least one rope;
a first underside surface configured for placement on the first face of the edge; and
a second underside surface forming a dihedral angle with the first underside surface and configured for placement on the second face of the edge.