Method of fabricating a safety harness
AssigneeDalloz Fall Protection Investment, Inc.
InventorRonald J. Cox
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Abstract
A safety harness comprises a strap portion for extending over a portion of a person's body to retain the person within the safety harness. The strap portion is fabricated from a flexible material having an elastic extension in the range of approximately 3 to approximately 15% under a tensile load of approximately 10 pounds. The material of the strap portion also has a ultimate tensile load of at least approximately 5,000 lbs.
Claims14
A method of fabricating a safety harness to be worn by a person at a height, the method comprising the step of incorporating into the safety harness a strap portion for extending over a portion of a person's body to retain a person within the safety harness, at least a section of the strap portion comprising a single strap having an elastic extension of at least 3% under a tensile load of approximately 10 pounds to approximately 20 pounds, the strap portion further having an ultimate tensile load of at least 5,000 pounds.
A method of improving comfort of a safety harness to be worn by a person at a height, the method comprising the step of incorporating into the harness a strap portion having an elastic extension of at least 3% under a tensile load of approximately 10 pounds to approximately 20 pounds, the strap portion further having an ultimate tensile load of at least 5,000 pounds, the strap portion being formed from a weave of at least two materials, one of the two materials being a non-elastic, high tensile strength material, the other material being an elastic material.
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