Patent ID: 7347300

Claim:
A fall arrest system comprising a safety line, at least one support and at least one traveller in which the support comprises a support section which retains the safety line and attachment means for attaching the support to a structure, the support section and attachment means being connected by an arm narrower than the safety line, the traveller comprises a body having a bore and a slot narrower than the bore linking the bore to the exterior of the body, the bore being larger than the safety line and the slot being narrower than the safety line but wider than the arm, a load member suitable for attachment to a fall safety equipment, and the load member being connected to the body by sliding engagement along a bearing surface that forms an arc in the bore so that the load member is supported for pivotal movement relative to the body through the arc around the bore and when the traveller is supported on the safety line which passes through the bore the load member and the body can rotate independently about the safety line, the body having a centre of gravity positioned so that when the traveller is mounted on the safety line the body is urged by gravity to rotate about the safety line towards a position in which the slot is in line with the arm independently of the rotational position of the load member when the load member is within a predetermined range of rotational positions, and both the traveler slot and the arm under the urging of gravity being vertically below the safety line.