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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Vincent G. Meillet, Cannes la Bocca, FR;
J. Thomas Wolner, Red Wing, MN (US);
Scott C. Casebolt, St. Paul Park, MN (US);
Damien DE Lapeyriere, Dardilly, FR;
Charles C. Bryant, Red Wing, MN (US);
Vincent G. Meillet, Cannes la Bocca, FR;
J. Thomas Wolner, Red Wing, MN (US);
Scott C. Casebolt, St. Paul Park, MN (US);
Damien de Lapeyriere, Dardilly, FR;
Charles C. Bryant, Red Wing, MN (US);
D B Industries, LLC, Red Wing, MN (US);
Abstract
A retractable horizontal lifeline assembly includes a lifeline windable about and paid out from a rotatable drum and a housing. The housing includes a first connector and is configured and arranged to house the drum and the lifeline wound about a base of the drum. The first connector is operatively connected to a first anchorage structure, the lifeline is pulled outward from proximate the housing thereby paying out at least a portion of the lifeline from the drum, a second connector operatively connected to the lifeline is operatively connected to a second anchorage structure, and the lifeline is tensioned using a crank that rotates the drum to increase the tension in the lifeline and provides indication when the tension in the lifeline reaches a predetermined level.