Patent ID: 11970870
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  A | IPC A  E

Claim 0:
1. A fall restraint apparatus comprising:
an extension member, comprising a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end, wherein:
the second end is movable, relative to the first end, in a first direction and a second direction, opposite the first direction, along a plane; and
the second end is configured to extend away from the first end to an extended position and retract from the extended position toward the first end to a retracted position;

at least one rail to which the extension member is movably coupled so that the extension member is movable in a third direction along the at least one rail, the third direction being angled relative to the first direction and the second direction; and
a flexible tether, having a fixed length and comprising an anchor end, attached to the second end of the extension member, and a user end, configured to attach to a user;
wherein:
when in the extended position, the second end is no more than a second distance away from the first end; and
the sum of the fixed length and the second distance is less than a first distance away from the first end.