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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Latchways Plc, Devizes, GB;
Inventor:
Richard Short, Keynsham, GB;
Assignee:
LATCHWAYS PLC, Devizes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06C 7/18 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06C 7/186 (2013.01); A62B 35/005 (2013.01); A62B 35/0075 (2013.01); A62B 35/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tether system for a safety line has an elongate guide track and stay elements arranged to move along the guide track and be carried at spaced positions along the length of a tether line. The system is typically employed in a fall arrest or protection system mounted to a structure, having an ascent/descent ladder fixed to the structure, the system including a self-retracting safety line device including a safety line, mounted at height.