US 12,233,295 B2
Safety device connector apparatus for use with a wearable safety harness
Wenbo Wang, Charlotte, NC (US); Peng Zhou, Charlotte, NC (US); Ling Lin, Charlotte, NC (US); Zheng Gu, Charlotte, NC (US); Xiaojuan Zhu, Charlotte, NC (US); and Lyndon Liu, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,749.
Claims priority of application No. 202111136556.X (CN), filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094364 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A62B 35/00 (2006.01); A62B 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0037 (2013.01) [A62B 35/04 (2013.01); Y10T 24/44274 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety device connector apparatus for use with a wearable safety harness, the safety device connector apparatus comprising:
a base portion operable to attach to one or more straps of the wearable safety harness through one or more base openings extending through a thickness of the base portion, the base portion comprising a base attachment pin fixedly secured thereto; and
a connector element configured to be detachably coupled to the base portion via a connector element detachable base interface configured to engage the base attachment pin, wherein the connector element detachable base interface comprises a connector interface opening, and wherein engaging the base attachment pin comprises receiving at least a portion of the base attachment pin within the connector interface opening;
wherein the connector interface opening comprises an angled notch configuration configured to facilitate a movement of at least a portion of the base attachment pin relative to the connector interface opening; and
wherein at least a portion of the connector element is configured to detach from the base portion based at least in part on a load force acting on at least a portion of the connector element.