Patents Assigned to EasyDown Corporation
  • Rappelling apparatus
    Patent number: 7237651
    Abstract: A rappelling apparatus providing controlled constant speed to a cable unwinding from a rotating spool in frictional engagement with a stationary arcuate surface. Rotations of the spool are responded to by a centrifugal brake acting in inverse proportion to the rotations. An addition brake is provided for selective actuation by a person using the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: EasyDown Corporation
    Inventors: Ivars Avots, Richard Barton, Herbert H. Loeffler