Patent ID: 9211426
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A62B,E04G,E06C,F16D

Abstract:
1. A device for protecting an ascending person during ascent and including a non-fixed rope that is to be carried by the ascending person, comprising: a retaining component that fixes the device to a fixed anchoring point in a predetermined position; a structural configuration which enables the introduction of the rope into the device, fixed in the predetermined position, from below; at least one first redirecting component by which the rope to be introduced into the device is guided through the device on a curved path; a mechanism that causes automatic locking off of the rope when the speed of movement of the rope through the device exceeds a predetermined limit value; at least one second redirecting component by which the rope emerging from the device is guided out of the device in the direction of ascent; and a laterally arranged flat first bearing surface, wherein, on an upper side of the device, a flat tread is configured.