Patent · US Expired

Catching device for a system for protecting persons working at heights

US6457556B1 · kind B1 · utility

30Cited by

17References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Soll GmbH · DE

Inventors

Toralf Skade · Dresden, DE
Ronald Mickan · Coswig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2000
Grant date	Oct 1, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16B2200/63
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A damping element for a catching carriage for damping the catching impact in the event of a fall of a user from a height includes a first end adapted to be connected to the carriage and a lug disposed at a second end adapted to be connected to a catching belt secured to the user. The damping element is releasably fixed in a non-rectilinear shape by at least one frangible link dimensioned for releasing the damping element from its non-rectilinear shape when a certain load is applied, so that it can damp the catching impact.

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