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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Philip J. Macy, Clarkston, MI (US);
Philip J. Macy, Clarkston, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A fall arrester () for reducing injuries of a user () thereon when falling comprising a rotatable spool () with webbing () wound thereon, the webbing () being protracted from and retracted back upon the spool (), a torsion bar () operationally connected to the webbing () through the spool () to generate a generally constant reaction force on the spool () as the torsion and bar and spool () rotate to absorb kinetic energy of the fall; the fall arrester () according to claimfurther including a counting mechanism () to maintain a reserve amount of webbing () on the spool () to enable the torsion bar () to twist through its operational range without encountering an end-of-webbing condition.