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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Rick G. Miller, Prescott, WI (US);
Keith G. Mattson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 35/00 (2006.01); E06C 7/18 (2006.01); A62B 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 35/0068 (2013.01); A62B 35/005 (2013.01); E06C 7/186 (2013.01); A62B 35/04 (2013.01); E06C 7/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
A top bracket for supporting a safety cable of a vertical climbing fall protection system, the bracket including a base plate and a pivotally deflectable plate that is integrally and pivotally connected to the base plate by a neck. The top bracket may also include an abutment plate with a forward abutment surface that is separated from a rearward abutment surface of the pivotally deflectable plate by an elongate gap.