Patent ID: 9153115
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for effecting a 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 an arrest 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 arrest engagement member being placed within the housing, the signal transmitter being positioned in the housing such that the arrest engagement member is operably engageable with the actuator member within the housing, the housing connecting to the line member, the arrest engagement member being adapted to transmit a force generated by a tightening of the line member upon the event comprising the fall of a person wearing the fall arrest harness, whereby upon a fall arrest the arrest engagement member is forced against the actuator member of the signal transmitter to generate a signal.