Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness
Patent
1983-03-03
1984-05-08
Machado, R. P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
182 6, A62B 116, A62B 3500
Patent
active
044469438
ABSTRACT:
A rappel harness for lowering a person from a building by rope having an oversized waist strap secured to the sides of the harness which support the person by means of a direct connection preferably to each leg strap and wherein the belly and leg straps are adjustable in girth so that the person can be safely, comfortably and without rearward toppling due to the center of gravity of the person being virtually in the same vertical plane as the supporting force of the lowering rope.
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