Patent ID: 6887022

Claim:
A fall arrest anchorage device for use with a female retaining receiver having an aperture along a receiver axis, the female retaining receiver further having a first groove bounded by the aperture and a second groove bounded by the aperture, the anchorage device comprising: An elongated male connector having a first end and a second end that extend along a connector axis, and a first section of a first cross-sectional area and a second section of a second cross-sectional area, the first cross-sectional area being larger than the second cross-sectional area, and the first section being closer to the first end than the second section, the male connector further having at least one of a first retractable protrusion on the first section and at least one of a second retractable protrusion on the second section, the first retractable protrusion being positioned along the male portion such that the first retractable protrusion will cooperate with the first groove in the receiver when the second retractable protrusion engages the second groove.