US 12,447,363 B2
Energy absorber
Jacob Thackeray Squire, Devizes (GB)
Assigned to Latchways plc, Yate (GB)
Appl. No. 17/910,048
Filed by Latchways plc, Devizes (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/050248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181058, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2003584 (GB), filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109537 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A62B 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy absorber for use in a fall arrest system, the energy absorber comprising:
an elongate member comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and
at least one line of weakness extending in a longitudinal direction in a non-linear manner along at least a portion of the elongate member between the proximal end and the distal end,
wherein the non-linear manner of the at least one line of weakness comprises two or more repeating turning points such that the at least one line of weakness is not entirely a straight path from the proximal end to the distal end, and
wherein, in response to an application of a predetermined force, the elongate member is configured to tear along the at least one line of weakness.