A full body emergency descent system (EDS) for incorporating into the coat and pants of a firefighter for allowing for safe escape from elevated heights. The EDS includes: a panel housing flame resistant rope or cable into the coat, outside of its internal protective liner, with a pair of chest straps, and leg straps having lower buckles that can be fastened through pocket accesses to buckle connectors extending from each of a pair of leg loops incorporated into the pants to form a full body harness. The EDS further includes a purposefully designed control descent rack in and through which the rope/cable is wound and a friction braking handle. Preferred embodiments further incorporate a drag strap loop.

A full body emergency descent system (EDS) for incorporating into the coat and pants of a firefighter for allowing for safe escape from elevated heights. The EDS includes: a panel housing flame resistant rope or cable into the coat, outside of its internal protective liner, with a pair of chest straps, and leg straps having lower buckles that can be fastened through pocket accesses to buckle connectors extending from each of a pair of leg loops incorporated into the pants to form a full body harness. The EDS further includes a purposefully designed control descent rack in and through which the rope/cable is wound and a friction braking handle. Preferred embodiments further incorporate a drag strap loop.

A descent control device to facilitate rapid descent and abseil (rappelling) maneuvers, including a body, a handle integrally affixed to the body to define a longitudinal axis for the device, an attachment lug disposed on the body, and a combination of through holes through the body through which a safety line is threadably inserted in a specific pattern, and shallow channels between the through holes, thereby giving rise to configurations that allow the safety line to payout freely through the descent device, to be locked in relation to the descent device, or to payout in a controlled pace, all configurations depending on the orientation of the longitudinal axis of the device to the anchored upper portion of the safety line.

A descent control device to facilitate rapid descent and abseil (rappelling) maneuvers, including a body, a handle integrally affixed to the body to define a longitudinal axis for the device, an attachment lug disposed on the body, and a combination of through holes through the body through which a safety line is threadably inserted in a specific pattern, and shallow channels between the through holes, thereby giving rise to configurations that allow the safety line to payout freely through the descent device, to be locked in relation to the descent device, or to payout in a controlled pace, all configurations depending on the orientation of the longitudinal axis of the device to the anchored upper portion of the safety line.

A wire gripper 10, which is lightweight and can perform a work for holding a gripped state of a tensioned wire easily and safely, is provided with a stationary gripping body 12 having a wire-like body pressing-down portion 24; a swinging member 14 swingably attached to the stationary gripping body by a supporting shaft 70; a movable gripping body 16 having a wire-like body holding portion; a connection member 18 swinging the swinging member; and a swinging member restricting portion 20 restricting an amount of swinging of the swinging member, wherein the stationary gripping body 12 is formed with reinforcing portions 32 and 40 in a region in which the supporting shaft is attached, and a wire-like body W clamped does not disengage from between the movable gripping body 16 whose movement amount is restricted by the swinging member restricting portion 20 and the stationary gripping body 12.

A wire gripper 10, which is lightweight and can perform a work for holding a gripped state of a tensioned wire easily and safely, is provided with a stationary gripping body 12 having a wire-like body pressing-down portion 24; a swinging member 14 swingably attached to the stationary gripping body by a supporting shaft 70; a movable gripping body 16 having a wire-like body holding portion; a connection member 18 swinging the swinging member; and a swinging member restricting portion 20 restricting an amount of swinging of the swinging member, wherein the stationary gripping body 12 is formed with reinforcing portions 32 and 40 in a region in which the supporting shaft is attached, and a wire-like body W clamped does not disengage from between the movable gripping body 16 whose movement amount is restricted by the swinging member restricting portion 20 and the stationary gripping body 12.

The cable grab safety device releasably attaches a workman's safety lanyard to a steel cable. A primary frame constructed of an elongated U-shaped bracket having a pair of spaced apart parallel side plates fits around the cable. A secondary frame also comprised of a pair of side plates fits within the U-shaped bracket after the cable is inserted. The secondary frame carries a brake in the form of a pulley mounted in an elongated slot movable toward or away from the cable. A lever attached to a worker's lanyard moves the pulley only in the inward direction to engage the cable in the event of a fall. A bent pin connected between the primary and secondary frames allows for limited pivotal and axial movement between them allowing the cable to be inserted into the U-shaped bracket. A separate locking pin secures the frame members together.

A self-locking device for a mountaineer or a speleologist climbing up a rope is provided herein. The device includes a main body having an inner face with a sliding seat for the rope. The sliding seat is partially defined by a part of the body of the device folded upon itself and partially defined at a bottom and laterally by the inner face of the body of the device. The device includes a cam member associated with the body and able to tilt around an axis X from an open position to a position holding the rope. The self-locking device also includes one or more pulleys associated with the body. The one or more pulleys are arranged so that a longitudinal axis Z lies on a plane parallel to a plane a of major extension of the body and perpendicular to a sliding direction of the rope.

A self-locking device for a mountaineer or a speleologist climbing up a rope is provided herein. The device includes a main body having an inner face with a sliding seat for the rope. The sliding seat is partially defined by a part of the body of the device folded upon itself and partially defined at a bottom and laterally by the inner face of the body of the device. The device includes a cam member associated with the body and able to tilt around an axis X from an open position to a position holding the rope. The self-locking device also includes one or more pulleys associated with the body. The one or more pulleys are arranged so that a longitudinal axis Z lies on a plane parallel to a plane a of major extension of the body and perpendicular to a sliding direction of the rope.

A fall restraint system comprises a webbing and a restraint mechanism. The restraint mechanism comprises a first end and a second end. A cam is located at the first end. A plurality of washers is positioned in series from the second end with at least one of the washers located adjacent to the cam. The webbing is inserted into the restraint mechanism from the second end and wrapped in a serpentine path around the plurality of washers, around the cam, and out of the restraint mechanism through the first end such that the webbing is interposed between the cam and the washer located adjacent the cam. When the webbing is pulled through the restraint mechanism, the cam is rotated and presses the webbing against the washer located adjacent to the cam creating drag friction on the webbing and slowing the rate of movement of the webbing through the restraint mechanism.