Patent ID: 9662518
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A62B,B63B,F16B

Claim:
1. A remotely operable attachment device for attaching a self-retracting lanyard (SRL) apparatus of the type which includes a housing, an anchoring connector ring that protrudes upwardly from the housing, a safety line which is retractably extendible from the housing, a swivel connector attached to an outer end of the lifeline for releasable attachment to a body harness securable to a workman, the anchoring connector ring having a locking gate mechanism operable to configure the anchoring connector ring to an open position, in which the anchoring connector ring may be hooked to an anchoring support member, and operable to close the anchoring connector ring and restoring the locking mechanism to a locked position, said attachment device comprising: a. an elongated pole having a lower section and an upper end section, b. a support clamp fastened to said upper end section of said pole for attachment to an anchoring connector ring of an SRL apparatus, c. a flexible cable, d. a fitting fixed to a distal end of said cable for attachment to a locking mechanism of an anchoring connector ring of an SRL apparatus, e. a guide tube fixedly attached to said pole, said guide tube having an upper entrance opening for an upper section of said flexible cable and a lower entrance opening for deploying a lower section of said flexible cable downwards along said elongated pole, f. said upper end section of said pole being pivotably attached to said lower section of said pole and adjustable to selected fixed inclination angles relative to said lower section of said pole, and g. whereby tension exerted on a lower, proximal end of said cable is effective in opening a locking gate mechanism of an SRL apparatus anchoring connector ring and release of tension in said cable is effective in closing a locking gate mechanism of the SRL device.