Patent ID: 6158548
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A fall-arrest assembly in combination with a body harness, comprising:a first transfer strap (20) having opposite ends connected to the harness (2), thereby defining respective first junctures (16, 18) which rupture when subjected to a threshold force;a second transfer strap (28) having one end connected to the first transfer strap and an opposite end connected to the harness, thereby defining respective second junctures (30, 10) which remain intact when subjected to the threshold force; anda positioning strap (22) having opposite ends connected to the first transfer strap, thereby defining respective third junctures (24, 26) which remain intact when subjected to the threshold force, wherein when the assembly is subjected to the threshold force, the first junctures rupture, and the second junctures, the third junctures, and the harness remain intact, leaving the first transfer strap and the second transfer strap connected in series between the positioning strap and the harness.