Carabiner divider and fall arrest system
AssigneeMSA Technology, LLC
InventorsOwain Jones, Karl Jones
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Abstract
A divider for a carabiner in a fall arrest system, the carabiner having a frame; and an openable gate and configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, the divider comprising a body having: (i) a central body portion; and (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame, wherein the plurality of connection portions are spaced and divide the carabiner into a plurality of areas for connection of the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising a divider and a carabiner in a fall arrest system, the carabiner having:
- (1) a frame;
- and (2) an openable gate attached to the frame at a pivot point and configured to be moved between an open position, wherein at least one component of a harness arrangement and at least one fall arrest device can be attached to or detached from the frame, and a closed position, wherein the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device can be secured to the frame, wherein the gate is configured to slide longitudinally and then pivot about the pivot point for movement between the open position and the closed position, the divider comprising:
- a body having:
- (i) a central body portion;
- and
- (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame,
- wherein the plurality of connection portions are spaced and divide the carabiner into a plurality of areas for connection of the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device, and
- wherein the central body portion comprises a stop formation that, when engaged, is positioned adjacent a longitudinal end face of the gate opposite the pivot point such that contact of the longitudinal end face of the gate with the stop formation prevents the gate from longitudinally sliding.
A fall arrest system, comprising:
- a harness arrangement removably attachable to a user;
- at least one fall arrest device having a safety line having a connector on an end thereof, the connector configured to be secured to an anchor point;
- a carabiner comprising a frame and an openable gate attached to the frame at a pivot point and configured to be moved between an open position, wherein at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device can be attached to or detached from the frame, and a closed position, wherein the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device can be secured to the frame, wherein the gate is configured to slide longitudinally and then pivot about the pivot point for movement between the open position and the closed position;
- and
- a divider comprising a body having:
- (i) a central body portion;
- and
- (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame,
- wherein the plurality of connection portions are spaced and divide the carabiner into a plurality of areas for connection of the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device,
- wherein the central body portion comprises a stop formation that, when engaged, is positioned adjacent a longitudinal end face of the gate opposite the pivot point such that contact of the longitudinal end face of the gate with the stop formation prevents the gate from longitudinally sliding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.