Retractable lifeline safety device
CA 2054281 C · Owner: Engh, Duncan Charles · Inventors: Engh, Duncan Charles; Wolner, James Thomas
Overview
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A retractable lifeline safety device usable by workers performing tasks at great heights above the ground. The mechanical components of the safety device are contained within a sealed housing that is filled with a viscous fluid. The sealed housing prevents the introduction of dirt moisture and other, foreign matter into the mechanical mechanism of the safety device, reducing the likelihood that those components may be fouled by dirt and corrosion, which in turn could greatly reduce the effectiveness of the safety device. The safety device is attached to the structure on which the worker is performing the task, and a lifeline such as a cable is withdrawn from the housing thereof, the end of …
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- Filed October 25, 1991 and granted May 2, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 25, 2013.
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