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US 10,370,898 B2Granted
Tether system for a safety line
AssigneeLatchways PLC
InventorRichard Short
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Abstract
A tether system for a safety line has an elongate guide track and stay elements arranged to move along the guide track and be carried at spaced positions along the length of a tether line. The system is typically employed in a fall arrest or protection system mounted to a structure, having an ascent/descent ladder fixed to the structure, the system including a self-retracting safety line device including a safety line, mounted at height.
Claims15
A safety line system comprising:
- an elongate guide track, wherein a length of the guide track is oriented substantially vertically;
- a safety line moveable downward relative to the length of the guide track;
- a coupling structure configured to attach a safety harness of a user to the safety line;
- a tether line operably coupled to the safety line and moveable downward relative to the length of the guide track to deploy the safety line;
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- a plurality of stay elements that are secured to the tether line at fixed positions spaced apart from one another along a length of the tether line, wherein the plurality of stay elements are configured to slide parallel to and along the length of the guide track as the tether line moves downward relative to the length of the guide track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.