Patent ID: 8925679
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A62B,F16F

Abstract:
1. A fall restraint apparatus for receiving a shock load from a cable arranges to be attached to a worker in the event that the worker falls comprising: a mast standing upwardly from a bottom support; a boom mounted on the mast and extending therefrom outwardly to one side of the mast; the boom having a cable receiving member at the outer end thereof arranged for receiving the shock loads thereon from the cable; the mast supporting the boom where the shock load applied to the receiving member is transferred to the mast and the bottom support of the mast; and a shock absorber for absorbing at least part of the shock load applied to the cable receiving member so as to reduce the load applied to the mast and the bottom support of the mast, the shock absorber comprising: