Pole Climbing Fall Protection with Adjustable Strap and Sliding Member
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fall protection systems for pole climbing are cumbersome and heavy, making them inefficient for operation and use.
Innovation Solution
A fall protection system featuring an outer strap with adjustable length, a sliding member, a cross strap, and tensile members, including a coil spring, which allows for easy adjustment and attachment to the user's clothing, enabling efficient engagement and disengagement with the pole, and includes a cam buckle and releasable buckle for secure fastening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fall protection systems are used, then safety function is provided, but the system becomes cumbersome and heavy
Solution Approach 1:
The fall protection system is divided into separate functional components: an outer strap that forms a loop around the pole, a sliding member that moves along the strap, and adjustment straps with buckles for positioning. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, reducing overall complexity and improving ease of operation while maintaining safety effectiveness.
2Reliability
If traditional fall protection systems are used, then safety function is provided, but the system becomes heavy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates unnecessary components from traditional fall protection systems. By using a simple outer strap loop combined with a sliding member and minimal adjustment mechanisms, the design removes excess weight while preserving the core safety function of limiting fall distance and providing secure attachment.
3Ease of manufacture
If the outer strap length is fixed, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different pole sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The outer strap is designed with adjustable length capability through integration with the sliding member and adjustment straps. This dynamic adjustment feature allows the loop size to be modified to fit different pole diameters, providing versatility across various pole sizes while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process using standard adjustable fastening components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a lightweight, efficient, and secure fall protection mechanism that allows for easy adjustment and operation, reducing the user's effort and enhancing safety by forming a tight frictional engagement with the pole.
Implementation Method 1
a tensile member connected at a first end to the outer strap and connected at a second end thereof to the sliding member. The tensile member may, for example, include a coil spring.
Implementation Method 2
The tensile member may, for example, include a coil spring.
Implementation Method 3
The outer strap connector of the fall protection systems hereof is a cam buckle.
Implementation Method 4
the force of the user's body causing tightening of the loop of the pole strap around the pole to limit the length of the fall
Data Source
AI summary
A fall protection system for use by a person in climbing a pole includes an outer strap, an outer strap connector adapted to adjust the length of the outer strap in operative connection with the outer strap, a sliding member slidably positioned on the outer strap, a cross strap attached at one end thereof to the sliding member, the cross strap being in operative connection with the outer strap connector at another end thereof, a first adjustment strap operatively attached to the outer strap connector via a first adjustment buckle at a first end thereof and attached to a first end connector at a second end thereof.