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Method to reduce horizontal lifeline tension and extension during fall arrest

US6581725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 2001
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 30, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62B35/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for creating a horizontal lifeline between a pair of end anchorages. The method includes providing a section of line having a modulus of elasticity, providing an energy absorbing shock absorber having a deployment load, connecting the section of line and the shock absorber to one another, between the end anchorages, and tuning the section of line by tensioning the section of line to a load that is approximately equal to the deployment load.

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