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US 6,786,020 B2Granted
Anchor for safety rope
OwnerArvo Poldmaainventor
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Abstract
The anchor device includes a ring mounted to a first end of a rod or tube for receiving the end of a safety rope, a mounting for securing the anchor device to a building element, and a locking nut for engaging a threaded portion of the rod or tube at a second end of the rod or tube, where the locking nut includes a non-threaded sleeve which extends around a portion of the rod or tube and which deforms when a load applied to the ring exceeds a predetermined value.
Claims10
An anchor device for a safety rope, the anchor device including:
- a rod or tube;
- receiving means for receiving an end of a safety rope mounted on or integral with a first end portion of the rod or tube;
- securing means for securing the device directly or indirectly to a building element, said securing means including a second end portion located opposite the first end portion of the rod or tube, at least a portion of the second end portion being threaded;
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- at least one locking nut adapted to engage the threaded portion of the second end portion, the at least one locking nut including a non-threaded sleeve which extends around a portion of the rod or tube, the non-threaded sleeve deforming when a load applied to the receiving means exceeds a predetermined value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.