Patent ID: 8056680

Claim:
A wearable, self-deploying fall arrest device configured to resist sliding movement of a climber on a climbing surface, comprising: a) a rigid base plate sized and shaped to conform to a limb or a torso of a climber's body; b) means for securing the base plate to the limb or the torso of the climber's body; c) a pick blade pivotally coupled to the base plate at a pivot near a proximal end of the pick blade, and pivotable between a retracted position with the pick blade disposed adjacent the base plate, and a deployed position with the pick blade extending outwardly and transversely with respect to the base plate; d) at least one out-turned tooth on a distal end of the pick blade; and e) a tip of the tooth being oriented outwardly with respect to the base plate in the retracted position to engage and catch the climbing surface upon downward movement of the tooth against the climbing surface and urge the pick blade towards the deployed position.