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US 7,025,171 · App. 10/167,221 · Granted Apr 11, 2006

Safety harness

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Patent No.
US 7,025,171
App. No.
10/167,221
Granted
Apr 11, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safety harness comprises a strap portion for extending over a portion a the person's body to retain the person within the safety harness. The strap portion is fabricated from a flexible material having an elastic extension in the range of approximately 3 to approximately 15% under a tensile load of approximately 10 pounds. The material of the strap portion also preferably has ultimate tensile load of at least approximately 5,000 lbs. A safety harness to be worn by a person to protect the person at a height, at least a section of a shoulder strap of the safety harness comprises a single strap having elastic extension to enable free movement of a person in the safety harness, the elastic extension of the strap being limited to prevent separation of a person from the safety harness.

Claims (3)

1. A safety harness to be worn by a person to protect the person at a height, comprising at least one shoulder strap to extend over the shoulder of the person at least a section of the shoulder strap of the safety harness comprising a strap having a profile of a single strap and having elastic extension to enable movement of a person in the safety harness via elastic extension of the strap under a load of 10 to 20 pounds, the elastic extension of the strap being limited to prevent separation of a person from the safety harness.

2. The safety harness of claim 1 wherein the strap is a composite strap including at least a first material having a high ultimate tensile load and at least a second material, the second material being elastic and having an ultimate tensile load lower than the first material.

3. The safety harness of claim 2 wherein the first material is woven with the second material to form the strap.

Assignments (10)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 3, 2014
From: SPERIAN PROTECTION AMERICAS, INC.
To: HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 034142/0706 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 28, 2014
From: SPERIAN FALL PROTECTION, INC.
To: SPERIAN PROTECTION AMERICAS, INC.
Reel/Frame 034053/0195 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: COX, RONALD J.
To: DALLOZ SAFETY, INC.
Reel/Frame 031860/0074 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: DALLOZ SAFETY, INC.
To: DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 031860/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION, INC.
To: DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 031860/0209 →
CORRECTIVE COVERSHEET TO CORRECT PATENT APPLICATION 11/072,882 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 019773, FRAME 0226. Recorded Oct 1, 2007
From: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION, INC.
To: SPERIAN FALL PROTECTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 019899/0642 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2007
From: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION, INC.
To: SPERIAN FALL PROTECTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 019773/0226 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2005
From: DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
To: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 017115/0059 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 16, 2005
From: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
To: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION, INC.
Reel/Frame 016800/0780 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2005
From: DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
To: BACOU-DALLOZ FALL PROTECTION INVESTMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 016800/0959 →