Patent ID: 8356691

Claim:
An energy absorber for use in a personal fall arrestor, said energy absorber comprising: an upper two-ply webbing and a lower two-ply webbing, each of said upper and lower webbings containing a face ply and a back ply that extends along the length of said energy absorber; said upper two-ply and said lower two-ply webbing being mounted one over the other with the back ply of said upper webbing positioned adjacent to the face ply of said lower webbing; a number of tear away sections staggered along said length of said energy absorber which are separated by intermediate control sections; and exterior tear away binder elements and interior tear away binder elements extending continuously along the length of said energy absorber; in which said exterior tear away binder elements are arranged to run back and forth between attachment points located upon the face ply of the upper two-ply webbing and the back ply of said lower webbing in each of said tear away sections and between the face ply and the back ply located in one of said upper and lower webbings in each of said intermediate control sections; and said interior binder elements being arranged to run back and forth between attaching points located upon the back ply of the upper two-ply webbing and the face ply of the lower two-ply webbing in each of said tear away sections and between the face ply and back ply located in the other of said webbings in each of said intermediate control sections.