Patent ID: 6161647
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A62B,E06C

Abstract:
A fail arresting device in combination with a ladder having a side rail and rungs, said ladder side rail having a front edge and an opposing back edge, said fall arresting device, comprising:(a) a first arm having first and second ladder side rail engaging portions;(b) a second arm pivotally connected to said first arm and having first and second ladder side rail engaging portions;(c) a spring operably attached to said first and second arms for biasing said first and second arms between a first fall arresting position and a second climbing position, said spring normally biasing said arms in said first fall arresting position wherein said first and second ladder side rail engaging portions of both first and second arms are engaging the ladder side rail wherein said first and arms are pivotally connected in crossing relation such that when said fall arresting device is mounted on the ladder side rail, said first and second ladder side rail engaging portions of each of said first and second arms are disposed on the opposite front and back edges of the ladder side rail and(d) a handle fixed to one of said arms and extending outwardly therefrom wherein said handle is dimensioned to be grasped by a hand of a user while ascending and descending the ladder and manipulated to move said first and second arms between said first fall arresting position and said second climbing position.