US 12,274,901 B2
Self-securing device preventing a communication means from remaining in an undefined intermediate position
Philipp Strasser, Hinterbrühl (AT); and Azarm Bahman, Fairfield, CT (US)
Appl. No. 18/279,829
Filed by Phillip Strasser, Hinterbrühl (AT)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085404
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/184305, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 104 988.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131373 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0226619 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A62B 35/00 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0075 (2013.01) [A62B 35/0087 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-securing device for securing a person, the self-securing device comprising:
a first fastening element for fastening to a securing element;
a second fastening element for fastening to the securing element or a further securing element;
a communication means for communicating between the first fastening element and the second fastening element such that, in a first posture of the communication means, the first fastening element is actuatable and the second fastening element is locked, and, in a second posture of the communication means, the first fastening element is locked and the second fastening element is actuatable; and
a control mechanism for controlling the communication means to prevent the communication means from remaining in an undefined intermediate posture between the first posture and the second posture,
wherein the control mechanism comprises two juxtaposed first magnetic elements with respect to which a string of the communication means is movable, and a second magnetic element fixedly attached to the string.