Fall protection system

A fall protection system that is fixedly mountable to a vertical ladder having a pair of spaced vertical legs and a plurality of spaced transversely mounted rungs, comprising:

• a top bracket assembly configured to be mountable to a rung on the top portion of the ladder, wherein the top bracket assembly comprises:
• an elongated vertical member having a lower portion and an upper portion;
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• a horizontal member having a proximal portion that is integrally coupled to the upper portion of the ladder, wherein the horizontal member extends outwardly therefrom the upper portion of the vertical member and defines an interior cavity proximate a distal portion of the horizontal member, wherein a bottom surface of the horizontal member defines a slot that extends substantially vertically therein the horizontal member and that is sized and shaped to accept a rung of the ladder, wherein the top bracket assembly has an inverted J-shape in cross-section, and wherein the bottom surface of the horizontal member further defines a port that communicates with the interior cavity of the horizontal member;
• a bottom bracket assembly configured to be mountable to a bottom portion of the ladder;
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• a cable extending therebetween portions of the top bracket assembly and the bottom bracket assembly, wherein the cable is operably coupled to the respective top and bottom bracket assemblies under a desired tension load sufficient to space the cable from a plane of the ladder,
• wherein the port of the horizontal member of the top bracket assembly is configured to accept a first cable connector, and wherein the first cable connector comprises means for grasping an end portion of the cable when the cable is subjected to tension.