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US 9,427,607 B2Granted
Personal height rescue apparatus
AssigneeFallsafe Limited
InventorsJulian Elwyn Renton, Peter Thomas Mence Nott
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Abstract
There is provided height rescue apparatus comprising a casing which incorporates a bracket for attachment to a harness. The bracket can be releasably attached to a load element which is attached to a safety line which in turn can be attached to a secure anchorage. There is also a release means in the form of a pull cord for releasing the load element from the bracket after a fall and speed control means for controlling the rate of deployment of an elongate element stored within the casing and thus controlling the descent of a user.
Claims29
A height safety apparatus comprising:
- a load element and an associated bracket configured to facilitate a fall arrest function;
- a flexible elongate element connected between the load element and the bracket and configured to facilitate a lowering function whereby the bracket is lowered from the load element;
- the load element configured for attachment to one end of a safety line that has an opposite end attached to a secure anchorage when in use;
- the load element releasably secured to the bracket to receive a load in the fall arrest function via the safety line without imparting the load on the flexible elongate element;
- the bracket configured for attachment in use relative to a harness;
- the flexible elongate element associated with a speed control mechanism operable to deploy the flexible elongate element at a controllable speed in the lowering function;
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- a release mechanism configured to release the load element from the bracket, such that after a fall has been arrested, release of the load element from the bracket enables the lowering function, the release mechanism comprising a pull cord attached to a lever mechanism adapted to release the load element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.