Patent ID: 6520290
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A62B,E04G

Abstract:
Fall protection apparatus for securing a worker to an elevated and exposed structure defining a work area comprising:a safety belt having a circumferential track defining a radially outwardly opening channel, the belt being adapted to encircle the waist of the worker, first and second belt couplings received in the channel at opposite sides of the belt and operable to move along the track through 360Â°; a spacer member received in said channel, said first and second belt couplings attached to respective ends of the spacer member to maintain the belt couplings on said opposite sides of the belt; first and second elongated rails for mounting to the structure; first and second anchors, the first anchor for coupling to the first rail and movable longitudinally thereof when so coupled, the second anchor for coupling to the second rail and movable longitudinally thereof when so coupled; and first and second lanyards, the first lanyard for coupling to the first anchor and the first belt coupling, the second lanyard for coupling to the second anchor and the second belt coupling, whereby whenever the first and second rails are mounted to the structure and the worker is coupled to the first and second rails through the first and second lanyards, the worker is able to rotate independently relative to the firs and second lanyards and move longitudinally with respect to the first and second rails within the work area.