US 12,303,726 B2
Fall-protection apparatus with protective shroud and with sleeve assembly
Michael A. Boraas, Zumbrota, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,894.
Application 17/517,894 is a continuation of application No. 16/495,224, granted, now 11,213,705, previously published as PCT/IB2018/052143, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/480,807, filed on Apr. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054873 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62B 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0075 (2013.01) [A62B 35/0093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fall-protection apparatus, comprising:
a load-bearing cable with an elongate length and a longitudinal axis and with a first end comprising a fastener;
a protective shroud that is annularly mounted on the load-bearing cable at a position proximate the first end of the cable, that is configured to be movable relative to the cable, and that comprises a through-passage that is aligned with a long axis of the protective shroud and with the longitudinal axis of the cable and through which an elongate section of the cable extends; and,
a sleeve assembly comprising a sleeve that is annularly mounted on the cable at a position proximate the first end of the cable and an informational sheet that is connected to the sleeve and that is configured to be compactable and expandable between a compacted condition and an at least partially extended condition,
wherein the protective shroud and the sleeve assembly are configured to be movable relative to each other, between at least a first configuration in which the sleeve assembly resides within the through-passage of the protective shroud with the informational sheet in a compacted condition, and a second configuration in which the sleeve assembly resides outside the through-passage of the protective shroud so that the informational sheet can be extended into an at least partially extended condition.