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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Rite-hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Aaron J. Wiegel, Benton, WI (US);
David Swift, Dubuque, IA (US);
Jason Dondlinger, Bellevue, IA (US);
Joe Korman, Dubuque, IA (US);
Matthew Robert Dwyer, Dubuque, IA (US);
Tony Duesing, Bellevue, IA (US);
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Impact resistant retractable safety barriers are disclosed. An apparatus includes a support member, a flexible elongate member to extend and retract through an opening in the support member, and a stop member including a region to interface with the flexible elongate member. The stop member engages with structure of the support member surrounding the opening to limit a distance with which the flexible elongate member extends through the opening. The stop member cooperates with the structure of the support member to maintain a gap between a surface of the region of the stop member and the structure of the support member. A width of the gap is equal to or greater than a thickness of the flexible elongate member.