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US 8,584,799 B1Granted
Fall-arresting safety harness assembly
OwnerMark Denningtoninventor
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Abstract
A fall-arresting safety harness assembly includes a lanyard including a pair of lanyard straps, at least one strap breakaway area attaching the lanyard straps to each other and a strap separation area generally adjacent to the at least one strap breakaway area; a lanyard ring extending between the lanyard straps at the strap separation area of the lanyard; a harness carried by the lanyard; and at least one resilient shock-absorbing member carried by the harness and engaging the lanyard ring.
Claims19
A fall-arresting safety harness assembly, comprising:
- a lanyard including a pair of lanyard straps, at least one strap breakaway area attaching said lanyard straps to each other and a strap separation area generally adjacent to said at least one strap breakaway area;
- a lanyard ring extending between said lanyard straps at said strap separation area of said lanyard;
- a harness carried by said lanyard;
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- a pair of generally resilient shock-absorbing members carried by said harness and engaging said lanyard ring generally on respective sides of said strap separation area of said lanyard.
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A fall-arresting safety harness assembly, comprising:
- a harness;
- a pair of shoulder rings carried by said harness;
- a rear ring carried by said harness;
- a lanyard including a pair of lanyard straps having a strap loop engaging said rear ring, at least one strap breakaway area attaching said lanyard straps to each other and a strap separation area generally adjacent to said at least one strap breakaway area;
- a lanyard ring extending between said lanyard straps at said strap separation area of said lanyard;
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- a pair of resilient shock-absorbing members carried by said shoulder rings, respectively, and said rear ring and engaging said lanyard ring.
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A fall-arresting safety harness assembly, comprising:
- a lanyard including a pair of lanyard straps, at least one suspension band carried by said lanyard straps, a strap separation area in said lanyard and at least one strap breakaway area attaching said lanyard straps to each other generally adjacent to said at least one strap separation area;
- a lanyard ring extending between said lanyard straps at said strap separation area of said lanyard;
- a harness carried by said lanyard;
- and
- a pair of generally resilient shock-absorbing members carried by said harness and engaging said lanyard ring generally on respective sides of said strap separation area of said lanyard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.