Patent ID: 7950496

Claim:
A support for a safety line for a fall arrest system, comprising: a support section having a tube which extends in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends displaced from one another, the tube configured to receive a safety line which can extend in opposite directions from the tube; an attachment for mounting the support section to a structure adjacent which the safety line is to be used; an arm that is narrower than the tube and extends along the longitudinal direction of the tube between the attachment and the tube to mount the tube with respect to the structure on which the attachment is mounted, the arm having opposed edges that are displaced from one another in the longitudinal direction, said arm having opposed side surfaces extending between said edges; an elongate member spaced from the tube and extending along the longitudinal direction beyond both opposed edges of the arm and extending transverse and outwardly from both of said side surfaces,the member including tapered leading sections provided at opposed ends of the member that are displaced from one another in the longitudinal direction, the leading sections defining respective guide surfaces that are angled with respect to the longitudinal direction, the guide surfaces cooperable with a guide member on a traveler moveable along the safety line to rotate the traveler about the safety line to a predetermined orientation relative to the arm to permit movement of the traveler along the safety line past the first end of the tube of the support to the second end of the tube of the support.