US 12,116,843 B2
Rope joining
Morgan Knickrehm, Kalispell, MT (US); and Gregory Vincent Crew, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to SafeWorks, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by SafeWorks, LLC, Tukwila, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/931,162.
Application 16/931,162 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,623, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Application 16/513,623 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/135,781, filed on Sep. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,781,885.
Application 16/513,623 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/037,793, filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/560,925, filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,600, filed on Jul. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0347675 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. E06C 7/18 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 7/186 (2013.01) [A62B 35/005 (2013.01); A62B 35/0081 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for joining a first rope to a second rope, comprising:
a first end cap that extends along a central axis, the first end cap including a first opening on a first side of the first end cap defining a first anulus to receive a first end of the first rope therein, the first end cap having a first outer diameter, a first body diameter, and a first anulus diameter, wherein the first anulus diameter is greater than the first body diameter and less than the first outer diameter, and
a second end cap that extends along a central axis, the second end cap including a second opening on a first side of the second end cap defining a second anulus to receive a first end of the second rope therein, the second anulus having a second body diameter, the second opening also having a second outer diameter, the second end cap further comprising a third opening on a second side of the second end cap opposite to the second opening, the third opening defining a cavity configured to receive a link, the cavity having a second anulus diameter, wherein the second anulus diameter is a greatest internal diameter of the cavity, wherein the second anulus diameter is greater than the second body diameter and less than the second outer diameter, and wherein the first outer diameter is the same as the second outer diameter,
the link having a diameter spaced away from an end of the link received by the cavity, the link linking the first end cap to the second end cap,
wherein the first outer diameter of the first end cap and the second outer diameter of the second end cap are substantially the same as a diameter of the first rope and the second rope.