Mobile safety fall arrest cart

A method of arresting a fall, the method comprising:

• positioning a spike assembly relative to an elevated surface while the spike assembly is in a stowed configuration such that a spike member of the spike assembly is displaced from the elevated surface;
• and
• coupling an elongate member to a user such that when the user falls, the weight of the user creates tension in the elongate member,
• wherein a trigger assembly is operatively coupled to the spike assembly in a set configuration prior to the user falling, the trigger assembly being configured to move from the set configuration to a released configuration upon the tension being created in the elongate member,
• wherein the spike member is configured to pierce the elevated surface as the spike assembly moves towards the deployed configuration,
• wherein the trigger assembly retains the spike assembly in the stowed configuration when the trigger assembly is in the set configuration,
• wherein the trigger assembly allows the spike assembly to move from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration when the trigger assembly is in the released configuration,
• wherein said spike member is oriented at a first angle relative to said mobile cart when said spike assembly is in the deployed configuration and wherein said spike member is oriented at a second angle relative to said mobile cart when said spike assembly is in the stowed configuration,
• wherein the first angle is approximately forty-five (45) degrees, and
• wherein the second angle is less than forty-five (45) degrees.

A fall arrest system comprising:

• a spike assembly positioned relative to an elevated surface, said spike assembly being moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration;
• and
• a trigger assembly operatively coupled to said spike assembly, said trigger assembly being moveable between a set configuration and a released configuration, wherein said spike assembly includes a spike member,
• wherein said spike member is displaced from the elevated surface when said spike assembly is in the stowed configuration,
• wherein said spike member is configured to pierce the elevated surface as said spike assembly moves towards the deployed configuration,
• wherein said trigger assembly retains said spike assembly in the stowed configuration when said trigger assembly is in the set configuration,
• wherein said trigger assembly allows said spike assembly to move from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration when said trigger assembly is in the released configuration,
• wherein said spike member is oriented at a first angle relative to said mobile cart when said spike assembly is in the deployed configuration and wherein said spike member is oriented at a second angle relative to said mobile cart when said spike assembly is in the stowed configuration,
• wherein the first angle is approximately forty-five (45) degrees, and
• wherein the second angle is less than forty-five (45) degrees.