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US 2005/0230183 A1Published application
Tangle resistant safety harness
OwnerC. Sharpinventor
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An improved strap for the construction of safety harnesses of the type designed to protect against falls provides increased flexibility and comfort. The strap is composed of a tubular sheath of elastic fabric that coaxially surrounds a typical high strength safety strap. The two components of the strap are sized so that the safety strap is longer than the surrounding tubular elastic sheath. This causes the longitudinal compression and thickening of the safety strap which then acts as filler to form a “pillow” from the sheath. This cushions the strap making it more comfortable while the longitudinal compression of the enclosed safety strap increases its flexibility. During a fall the sheath rapidly stretches and the enclosed safety strap elongates to full length to stop the fall in the normal manner of safety straps.
An improved safety harness of the type where left and right front suspender straps pass through a crossover to become right and left rear suspender straps, respectively, and whose ends are joined by a seat strap, wherein the improvement comprises an anti-tangling strap joining the left and rear suspender straps disposed between the crossover and the seat strap and forming a triangle wherein the crossover is at the apex of the triangle and a height of the triangle is greater than about eight.
A wearable safety harness comprising:
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