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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Geoffrey Fraser Atkinson, Chippenham, GB;
Jonathan Michael Cogzell, Swindon, GB;
Latchways PLC., Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
A personal safety device ( ) adapted for longitudinal movement relative to an elongate support element ( ) comprises a body ( ) having a bore ( ) for receiving the element ( ), a slipper ( ) mounted on the body ( ) the slipper ( ) having a surface ( ) oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bore ( ), and connector ( ) connected to the slipper ( ) and being adapted at its other end ( ) for connection to a personal safety harness. Slipper ( ) is movable between first and second positions in response to sudden loading of the connector ( ). In the first position, surface ( ) allows free passage element ( ) through the bore ( ). When slipper ( ) is in the second position, surface ( ) clamps element ( ) firmly to body ( ).