Patent ID: 7780146

Claim:
A retrieval assembly for use with a retractable lifeline assembly, comprising: a housing; a drum received in the housing; a cable wound about the drum; a gear plate coupled to the drum, the gear plate having teeth, the housing having a housing aperture allowing access to the teeth of the gear plate; a base coupled to the housing; a shaft received in the base, the shaft having a toothed gear extending through the housing aperture, the toothed gear selectively engaging the teeth of the gear plate; an arm coupled to the shaft, the arm configured and arranged to rotate the shaft, the arm including a stop; and a cap configured and arranged to retain the arm to the shaft, the cap having a first side and a second side, the first side of the cap having a detent extending partially about the first surface, the stop of the arm received in the detent of the first side such that the first side of the cap is proximate the arm.