A safety device including a boom with a primary end and a secondary end, where: —the primary end and secondary end are the opposite terminal ends of the boom; —the primary end is configured to be, releasably or permanently, attached to a mounting which includes a mounting joint which is a hinge joint; —the boom includes a base section, zero or one intermediate section and a load section connected together, in that order, by hinge joints, such that the safety device can extend from a mounting in a single plane, a movement plane, that lies parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boom, —the primary end is coterminous with an exposed end, a first base end, of the load section; —the load section includes a first load end and a second load end, where the first and second load ends are opposite terminal ends of the load section; —the secondary end is coterminous with the second load end; and the second load end includes a connection point, where the connection point is configured to releasably attach a user to the boom via a device with fall arrest capabilities, such that the connection point does not slide lengthwise along the load section.
Safety device
2020-03-24
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | A62B DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING , Vorrichtungen, Geräte oder Verfahren zur Lebensrettung / B66C Krane , CRANES / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / E04G SCAFFOLDING , Baugerüste |