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US 12,324,937 B2Granted
Anchor assembly
AssigneeLatchways PLC
InventorJacob Thackeray Squire
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Abstract
An anchor assembly, or mounting for an anchor assembly, particularly for a fall protection apparatus, has first and second mounting limbs connected to be rotatably mounted with respect to one another in order to rotate such that the limbs can be fixed in position at one of a variety of operational positions. The limbs have concentric engagement portions arranged to engage one another in order to permit rotation of the limbs about the rotation axis and inhibiting relative displacement of the limbs in a direction transverse to the rotational axis.
Claims21
An anchor assembly comprising:
- an upper limb and a lower limb each comprising a central engagement portion having a bearing surface;
- wherein the central engagement portion of one of the upper limb and the lower limb is engagable with the central engagement portion of the other of the upper limb and the lower limb such that the upper limb and the lower limb are rotatable relative to each other about a rotation axis extending through the central engagement portion of each of the upper limb and the lower limb;
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- wherein the central engagement portions are configured such that their bearing surfaces while engaged are at least partially raised relative to the general planes of the engaged limbs, the bearing surfaces configured to partially constrain rotation of the engaged limbs with respect to each other.
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An anchor assembly comprising:
- an upper limb and a lower limb each comprising a central engagement portion having a bearing surface and a pair of elongate portions extending longitudinally away in opposing directions from the central engagement portion;
- wherein the central engagement portion of one of the upper limb and lower limb is engagable with the central engagement portion of the other of the upper limb and lower limb such that the upper limb and the lower limb are rotatable relative to each other to one of a plurality of operational positions about a rotation axis extending through the central engagement portion of each of the upper limb and the lower limb;
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- wherein the central engagement portions are configured such that their bearing surfaces while engaged are at least partially raised relative to the general planes of the upper and lower limbs, the bearing surfaces configured to partially constrain rotation of the upper and lower limbs with respect to each other.
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An anchor assembly comprising:
- first and second mounting limbs each comprising a concentric engagement portion;
- wherein the concentric engagement portion of one of the first and second mounting limbs is configured to nest with the concentric engagement portion of the other of the first and second mounting limbs such that the first and second mounting limbs are rotatable relative to each other about a rotation axis extending through the concentric engagement portion of each of the first and second mounting limbs;
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- wherein the nesting of the concentric engagement portions partially constrains rotation of the mounting limbs with respect to each other.
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An anchor assembly comprising:
- first and second mounting limbs each comprising a concentric engagement portion having a bearing surface;
- wherein the concentric engagement portion of one of the first and second mounting limbs is engagable with the concentric engagement portion of the other of the first and second mounting limbs such that the first and second mounting limbs are rotatable relative to each other about a rotation axis extending through the concentric engagement portion of each of the first and second mounting limbs;
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- wherein the concentric engagement portions are configured such that their bearing surfaces while engaged are at least partially raised relative to the general planes of the engaged limbs, the bearing surfaces configured to partially constrain rotation of the engaged limbs with respect to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.