Patent ID: 8794378

Claim:
A method of adjusting a major length of at least one strap of a fall arresting safety harness with an adjuster when said safety harness is donned by a user, the at least one strap being selected from the group consisting of at least one shoulder strap, at least one chest strap, at least one waist strap, at least one seat strap and at least one leg strap, the adjuster including a base, a shaft rotatably operatively connected to the base and defining a slot configured and arranged to receive the at least one strap, and a locking mechanism interconnecting the base and the shaft, the locking mechanism having a ratchet formed between the base and a knob biased axially into an engagement with the base via a spring, the spring connecting the shaft and the knob and allowing for disengagement of said engagement, wherein said engagement allows rotation of the shaft in a first direction and prevents rotation of the shaft in a second opposite direction, the method of adjusting comprising: positioning the adjuster to a desired location on the at least one strap by sliding the adjustor along the major length of the at least one strap of the safety harness while donned by the user, wherein the at least one strap passes through the slot of the shaft of the adjuster; and rotating the knob in the first direction to turn the shaft of the adjuster in the first direction causing a winding of the at least one strap about the shaft after said positioning in the desired location in order to reduce slack formed between two ends of the at least one strap; and pulling the knob axially away from the base and against a bias of the spring to disengage the engagement between the knob and the base in order to disengage the ratchet which unlocks the locking mechanism in order to be able to rotate the shaft in both of said directions; and rotating the knob in the second direction to turn the shaft of the adjuster in the second direction causing an unwinding of the at least one strap about the shaft.