Fall Protection Compliance System and Method
OwnerMatthew Frederick JACOB, Vikram THIRUNEERMALAI GOMATAMinventors
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Abstract
A fall protection compliance system includes a fall limiting device connected to an anchor. The fall limiting device comprises a connection device and a sensor system associated with the connection device. The sensor system is configured to determine whether a connector is connected to the connection device and to transmit a signal based on detecting that the connector is connected to the connection device, where operation of a machine associated with the anchor is controlled based on the signal.
Claims20
A method of operating a machine based on the status of a fall-limiting device, which has a first connector and a second connector, where the fall-limiting device is connected to the machine via the first connector, comprising:
- determining whether a user is connected to the fall-limiting device via the second connector, wherein determining whether the user is connected comprises:
- operating circuitry to detect that a user attachment mechanism is present within the second connector of the fall-limiting device;
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- controlling operation of the machine based on said determining whether the user is connected to the fall-limiting device.
A system for controlling operation of a machine, comprising:
- a fall limiting device that comprises:
- a first connector that is configured for connection to the machine;
- a second connector that is configured for connection to a user;
- a battery;
- circuitry, powered by the battery, for determining whether the user is connected to the fall-limiting device via the second connector;
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- control logic that is configured to control operation of the machine based on said determining whether the user is connected to the fall-limiting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.