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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Charles L. Carter, Salem, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A personal fall protection system for securing a worker to an elevated and exposed structure defining a work area is disclosed. The fall protection system includes a safety belt supported on the worker's body with a body harness. The safety belt includes two belt couplings movable in a channel around the belt, each adapted to be attached to a lanyard. Two spaced apart rails are mounted adjacent opposite side limits of the structure. A movable anchor for securing the end of a lanyard is mounted to each rail. A lanyard ties off the worker at each belt coupling to an anchor. The fall protection system thereby secures the worker to both sides of the structure while allowing the worker to rotate relative to the lanyards within the work area and move freely forward and backwards throughout the work area between the rails.