Patent ID: 8899380
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A62B,B66F

Abstract:
1. A platform assembly configured to support a worker during use on an aerial device, the platform assembly comprising: a restraint liner including: a first sidewall, a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall is adjacent to the first sidewall, a third sidewall, wherein the third sidewall is adjacent to the second sidewall, and the third sidewall is opposite the first sidewall, a fourth sidewall, wherein the fourth sidewall is adjacent to the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall is opposite the second sidewall, and the fourth sidewall is adjacent to the first sidewall, and a floor coupled to a first end of the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls of the restraint liner; and a platform configured to be coupled to a boom tip of the aerial device, the platform including: a first sidewall, a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall of the platform is adjacent to the first sidewall of the platform, a third sidewall, wherein the third sidewall of the platform is adjacent to the second sidewall of the platform, and the third sidewall of the platform is opposite the first sidewall of the platform, a fourth sidewall, wherein the fourth sidewall of the platform is adjacent to the third sidewall of the platform, the fourth sidewall of the platform is opposite the second sidewall of the platform, and the fourth sidewall of the platform is adjacent to the first sidewall of the platform, and a floor coupled to a first end of the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls of the platform, wherein the restraint liner is inserted in the platform such that the first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls of the restraint liner are generally respectively aligned with the first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls of the platform; and an interior anchor positioned on an interior surface of the first sidewall of the restraint liner, the interior anchor configured to couple to a liner strap coupled to the worker to arrest the worker during a fall; and an exterior anchor positioned on an exterior surface of the first sidewall of the restraint liner, the exterior anchor coupled to a platform strap coupled to the platform to couple the restraint liner and the platform to each other; and a platform strap channel located between the first sidewall of the platform and the first sidewall of the restraint liner and extending upward from the exterior anchor and operable to retain a portion of the platform strap.