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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2020
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher W. Coyle, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael N. Milbright, Red Wing, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 35/04 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 35/04 (2013.01); A62B 35/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy-absorbing unit with a first end bearing a modular connector that is disconnectably connectable to a complementary modular connector of a cable of a self-retracting lifeline, and with a second end bearing a fastener that is fastenable to a dorsal connection point of a fall-protection harness. Uses of such units in combination with self-retracting lifelines and fall-protection harnesses.