Patent ID: 9704370
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A62B,G08B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for effecting a distress signal upon an event comprising a fall of a person while wearing a fall arrest harness connected by a line member to a support, the apparatus comprising: a housing, a signal transmitter, and a transmitter engagement member, the signal transmitter being contained within the housing, the signal transmitter having an actuator member for effecting a signal generated by the signal transmitter, the transmitter engagement member being positioned within the housing in proximity to the signal transmitter, the housing receiving a strap member operably connected to the line member connected to the harness, the transmitter engagement member being adapted to receive and transmit a force generated by a tightening of the strap member upon the event comprising the fall of a person wearing the fall arrest harness, whereby upon a fall arrest the transmitter engagement member transmits force to the signal transmitter to trigger the actuator member of the signal transmitter to generate the signal.