Patent ID: 8281895
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A62B,A63B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A stop element for a securing device releasably attachable to a securing element and connectable to a person for preventing the person from falling, the stop element comprising: a locking device which can be shifted between an unlocked state, in which the stop element can be attached to the securing element and can be released therefrom, and a locked state, in which the stop element cannot be released from the securing element without destroying the stop element; wherein the locking device has an actuating device which can be shifted between an active position and a passive position and when in its active position blocks the locking device in its unlocked state and can be transferred into its passive position when the stop element is attached to the securing element, in the passive position the actuating device allows the locking device to be shifted into its locked state; and wherein the actuating device includes at least one contact element against which the securing element comes to bear when the stop element is attached thereto, the contact element forms part of the actuating device in such a manner that the actuating device is shifted into its passive position when the securing element contacts the contact element; wherein the actuating device has a contact lever, which forms at least part of the contact element and which is forced to pivot when the stop element is attached to the respective securing element; and wherein the contact lever is arranged pivotably in such a manner that, when the actuating device is in the active position, the contact element shortens a shifting path over which the securing element must travel through an introduction opening in order to bear against the contact element, in comparison to a position which the contact lever assumes when the actuating device is in the passive position.