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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Frank Muessig, Hof, DE;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A shuttle () for a climbing protection system () is provided and includes a clamping member () mounted on a frame () for movement between a an opening position, a free position wherein the shuttle () can move freely along an elongate support member (), and a clamping position wherein the clamping member () resists movement of the shuttle () relative to the elongate support member (), and an anti-inversion member () mounted on the frame () for movement between a first closed position blocking insertion of the elongate support member () and an open position where the anti-inversion member () does not block insertion of the elongate support member (). The anti-inversion member movable from the open position to the closed position when the shuttle () is moved from a desired orientation to a non-desired orientation relative to gravity with the clamping member () in the opening position and wherein the clamping member () and the anti-inversion member () are engaged to maintain the clamping member () in the opening position when the shuttle () is in the non-desired orientation.