Rockclimbing Aid

When rockclimbing it pays to have someone holding the other end of the rope, this person is called the belayer. The belayer usually has a device which they can pass the rope through to reduce the load during a fall, this is called a belay device.

This is the kind of safety device that your life depends on, so you want to be sure every care has been taken in its design. The invention shown here is a belay device designed totally at Oz Invent.

An Industrial designer at Oz Invent came up with this new concept for a belay device which had the advantage of being self-locking.

The device allows the rope to be quickly fed through itself but in the event of a fall the device automatically locks onto the rope until the belayer decides to activate the release.

The device saves precious time and falling distance and is a safeguard against an off-guard belayer.

The body of the device was machined from high grade Stainless Steel and the arm was investment cast from the same material.

The device was tested and refined inhouse before being sent to safety testing labs in England. After passing safety testing, the device was sent to several climbing gear manufactures around the world for practical testing and marketing proposals.

For inventors getting the whole job done in place, enables you to keep control of the critical time and cost factors.