IP Library Granted Patent US 11,761,473
Granted Patent B1
US 11,761,473 · App. 17/820,393 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Angled gate carabiner

Inventor: Gregory M. Adelman (Boulder, CO)
Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
F16B45/037A44B15/00
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Patent No.
US 11,761,473
App. No.
17/820,393
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a carabiner that includes a carabiner body forming an opening and comprising a gate base, a gate rest, and a gate rest extension. In embodiments, at least one pivotable gate is coupled to the gate base at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest when in a closed position. In embodiments, the gate rest extension comprises a gate rest extension axis, and an angle between the gate rest extension and gate when in the closed position is approximately 35-61 degrees.

Claims (28)

1. A carabiner comprising:

a carabiner body forming an opening and comprising a gate base, a gate rest, and a gate rest extension;

a pivotable gate coupled to the gate base at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest when in a closed position;

wherein the gate rest extension comprises a gate rest extension axis, and an angle between the gate rest extension and gate when in the closed position is approximately 35-61 degrees.

2. The carabiner of claim 1 , the carabiner body comprising a long edge and a short edge, axis, wherein the gate rest extension axis is along the long edge.

3. The carabiner of claim 1 , wherein the pivotable gate contacts the gate rest at a gate rest notch.

4. The carabiner of claim 3 , wherein the carabiner body has a size adapted to accommodate an aperture of an object, the aperture having an inner diameter, and a length of the gate rest extension extending past the gate rest notch is approximately equal to the inner diameter.

5. The carabiner of claim 4 , wherein the object is a key.

6. The carabiner of claim 4 , wherein a length of the gate rest extension, which extends past the gate rest notch, is approximately 0.186″-0.232″.

7. The carabiner of claim 6 , wherein an overall length in a vertical direction at outside edges is approximately 1.25″-1.97″ and an overall length in a horizontal direction at the outside edges is approximately 0.59″-0.78″.

8. The carabiner of claim 4 , wherein a cross section of the carabiner body is approximately 0.094″×0.118″.

9. The carabiner of claim 1 , further comprising:

two openings, two gate rests, two gate rest extensions and two gate rest extensions.

10. The carabiner of claim 1 , further comprising an eyelet.

11. The carabiner of claim 1 , further comprising a bottle opener.

12. A method of coupling an object to a carabiner comprising:

providing the carabiner, the carabiner comprising a carabiner body forming an opening and a chamber, and comprising a gate base, a gate rest, and a gate rest extension, a pivotable gate coupled to the gate base at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest when in a closed position, and wherein the gate rest extension comprises a gate rest extension axis, and an angle between the gate rest extension and gate when in the closed position is approximately 35-61 degrees;

placing the gate rest extension through the object via an aperture on the object, the aperture having an inner diameter, and a length of the gate rest extension is approximately equal to the inner diameter; and

sliding the object into the chamber by pivoting the gate to an open position.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the pivotable gate contacts the gate rest at a gate rest notch.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the object is a key.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein a length of the gate rest extension, which extends past the gate rest notch, is approximately 0.186″-0.232″.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein an overall length in a vertical direction at the outside edges is approximately 1.25″-1.97″ and an overall length in a horizontal direction at the outside edges is approximately 0.59″-0.78″.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein a cross section of the carabiner body is approximately 0.094″×0.118″.

18. The method of claim 12 , the carabiner further comprising:

two openings, two gate rests, two gate rest extensions and two gate rest extensions.

19. The method of claim 12 , the carabiner further comprising an eyelet.

20. The method of claim 12 , the carabiner further comprising a bottle opener.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2026
From: NITE IZE, INC.
To: NITE IZE, LLC
Reel/Frame 076014/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: ADELMAN, GREGORY M.
To: NITE IZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 063384/0426 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63350162 · Jun 8, 2022
Cited By (1)
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