Patent ID: 8061482

Claim:
A tensioner for a safety line comprising: two sections configured and arranged to be set in relative motion to each other to absorb energy; a cable having at least two cable portions engaged with the two sections, the at least two cable portions being parallel with each other; a pair of jaws coupled to one of the two sections, a portion of each of the at least two cable portions engaged between the pair of jaws; a first one of the two sections configured and arranged to couple a safety line to the tensioner with a sleeve; a second one of the two sections configured and arranged to be coupled to an external element; the sleeve configured and arranged to move in relative motion to the first section, the sleeve configured and arranged to crimp the safety line therewithin; a first fuse part coupled to the first one of the two sections; and a second fuse part coupled to the second of the two sections, the first fuse part coupled to the second fuse part by a threaded connection that is configured to break when a force acting on at least one of the first and second sections is beyond a predetermined force threshold.