Shock-absorbing safety harness
OwnerMark Denningtoninventor
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Abstract
A safety harness assembly (10) includes a harness (12) securable to a person's torso having an anterior side (14) and a posterior side (16). A resilient, elastomeric cord assembly (18) has an anterior end portion (24) connected to the anterior side of the harness, and a posterior end portion (26) connected to the posterior side of the harness. An intermediate portion (28) of the elastomeric cord assembly is connectable to a safety lanyard (22). The safety harness assembly absorbs shock and positions the person upright when worn to support a person's weight and break the impact of falls.
Claims13
A safety harness for suspending a person wearing the harness from a single safety lanyard, comprising:
- a harness securable to a person's torso and having an anterior side and a posterior side and defining left and right sides;
- a resilient harness support assembly having at least three end branches, a first end branch being connected to the harness proximate the left anterior side of the harness, a second end branch being connected to the harness proximate the right anterior side of the harness, and a third end branch being connected to the posterior side of the harness, the harness support assembly further having an intermediate portion disposed between the third end branch and the first and second end branches, at least a portion of the resilient harness support assembly being constructed from a resilient material;
- a lanyard coupling coupled to the intermediate portion of the resilient harness support assembly and disposed centrally relative to the left and right sides of the harness for connection to the single safety lanyard whereby the harness and the single safety lanyard support the person's weight and position the person in a vertically and laterally upright disposition when the person is suspended from the single safety lanyard, the resilient harness support assembly being reversibly deformable to absorb impact loads imposed on the safety lanyard and the harness and a fail-safe lanyard connected at a first end to the harness and at a second end to the safety lanyard.
A safety harness, comprising:
- a harness securable to a person's torso and having an anterior side and a posterior side, the harness including:
- (a) left and right shoulder straps configured to extend from the anterior side of a person's torso, over the shoulders and to the posterior side of a person's torso when the harness is worn;
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- (b) a belt for encircling the person's torso when worn, the belt being connected to each of the left and right shoulder straps on both the anterior side and posterior side of the harness;
- an elastomeric harness support having first and second end branches connected to the left and right shoulder straps, respectively, of the harness proximate the anterior side of the harness, a third end branch connected to the posterior side of the harness, and an intermediate portion disposed between the third end branch and the first and second end branches constructed and configured to be connectable to a safety lanyard, whereby the harness and safety lanyard are capable of supporting the person's weight and act to position the person in a vertically and laterally upright disposition, the elastomeric harness support being reversibly deformable to absorb impact loads imposed on the safety lanyard and the harness, the elastomeric harness support comprising a Y-shaped elastomeric member;
- and a fail-safe lanyard connected at a first end to the harness and at a second end to the safety lanyard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.