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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Cory Alan Cooper, Monument, CO (US);
Darren Craig Tidwell, Huntsville, UT (US);
Garrett Fritzsche, Monument, CO (US);
Christopher Yooshin Jang, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brock M. Flieger, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Alan James Vaillencourt, Cookeville, TN (US);
Miranda Leigh Bray, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Shane Michael Riley, Sheppard AFB, TX (US);
Nathanael Jordan Szuch, SAAFB, TX (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A user-controllable braking system, including a descent tether connectable to a support and configurable for descending a user; a rigid body configured to be connectable between the descent tether and a user for enabling control of the descent by the user; a pulley rotatably positioned on the rigid body, the descent tether positionable around the pulley; a brake member yieldably positioned on the rigid body adjacent the pulley; a bias member operatively associated with the brake member to bias the brake member away from the pulley; and a lever pivotally connected to the rigid body and operable to bear against the brake member to controllably overcome the bias member and controllably bear the brake member against a portion of the descent tether. Operation of the lever by the user enables the user to controllably bear the brake member against the portion of the descent tether positioned around the pulley to provide a braking force.