Patent ID: 6467573
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A fall protection structure to support a person upon an inadvertent fall of the person from a normal supporting surface; said fall protection structure comprising:a body harness for fitting about the body of the person and having a D-ring thereon; a fixed horizontal support member adjacent the normal supporting surface; a lanyard having a single flat web strap and extending between the D-ring on said body harness and said fixed horizontal support member; said lanyard including: a slider member on said flat web strap having a generally rectangular shape with a divider defining a pair of adjacent generally rectangular parallel openings, the flat web strap extending through said parallel openings over said divider to permit selected adjustment of the slider member along the length of the flat web strap to a desired location; an eye member having a divider defining a pair of openings on opposite sides of said divider, one of said openings being of a V-shape and the other opening being of a generally rectangular shape; said flat web strap extending through the rectangular opening of said eye member between said rectangular parallel openings of said slider member, said divider of said slider member being in contact relation to said eye member when said web strap passes through said rectangular openings of said slider member; and a hook received within said V-shaped opening of said eye member with said eye member exerting an axial pull on said hook upon the exertion of force on said lanyard thereby to eliminate any side loadings on said hook; said hook mounted on an upper end of said strap with said strap looped over said fixed horizontal support member for anchoring said lanyard on said fixed support member.