Rope Management Tool

Abstract

A tool for managing a rope associated with a waist belt of an arborist or a climber's harness includes a main body having a proximal end 5 configured to attach to the waist belt or climber's harness and a distal end configured to point away from the arborist or climber; a plurality of fingers extending outwardly from the main body of the tool in a descending stair-like array, the plurality of fingers including a topmost finger configured to be nearest to the user of the tool and 10 a lowermost finger extending furthest from the user, the plurality of fingers each configured to receive a section of the rope, each finger having a generally serpentine shape defining in conjunction with an adjacent finger a rope-receiving slot with a closed end in the form of a cavity configured to receive a section of the rope, a tip of each 15 finger being bendable for inserting or releasing a section of the rope. 20 25 20 04 86 24 J an 2 02 5 A B S T R A C T 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 4 8 6 2 4 J a n 2 0 2 5 5 1 5 1 / 9 Figure 1 1 7 5 5 5 5 6 4 5b 5b 3b 5b 5b 5a 3a 5a 5a 5a- 2 - 1 / 9 7 1 5a 5 5b 5a 5b 5 3a 5a 5b 5 3b - 2 5a 5 5b 4 6 Figure 1 20 25 20 04 86 24 J an 2 02 5 2 4 J a n 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 4 8 6 5 b + 4 6

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