Patent ID: 7857099
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. A retractable lanyard mechanism for use by a worker, the worker having a back and legs, comprising: a pair of retractable lanyards contained in a single housing, the housing has at least one pay out nozzle that cooperates with at least one guide that divides the pay out nozzle and separating the lanyards, the nozzle allowing the retractable lanyards to be drawn or retracted from the housing, each retractable lanyard comprising: a harness, the harness having a dorsal portion that is adapted for extending over worker's back and includes a set of leg straps, the single housing being pivotally supported from the dorsal portion of the harness allowing the at least one nozzle to point away from the leg straps such that the housing is positioned between the pair of retractable lanyards and the harness and so that the single housing lays over the back of the worker, away from the legs of the worker when the harness is worn by the worker and so that the single housing pays out lanyard away from the legs of the worker from the back of the worker in the event of a fall, and whereby the pair of retractable lanyards are supported from the harness, so that the location of one of the lanyards can be ascertained by tracing the other lanyard.