Patent ID: 8657068
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A62B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A securing device for protecting individuals against falling, comprising: two stop elements, each stop element can be attached releasably to a positionally fixed securing element and each stop element can be connected via a connecting element to the individual, who is to be secured; wherein each stop element encompasses a locking device, which can be adjusted between an unlocking state, in which the respective stop element can be attached to the respective securing element or can be released therefrom, and a locking state, in which the respective stop element, which is attached to the respective securing element, cannot be released from the respective securing element in a non-destructive manner; a coupling device, which is coupled to the locking devices of the two stop elements in such a manner that, in the unlocking state of the locking device of the one stop element, it blocks the locking device of the other stop element in its locking state; and wherein the coupling device encompasses a blocking lever for at least one locking device, said blocking lever being capable of being pivoted into a blocking position for operably blocking the respective locking device in its locking state such that the respective locking device cannot be pivoted from its locking state to its unlocking state in a non-destructive manner, while the other locking device can be still adjusted between both its unlocking state and its locking state.