Various embodiments are directed to safety mechanisms for a climbing system and method of using the same. In various embodiments, a safety mechanism comprises a mounting bracket configured to be operatively connected to a fixed guide member defining a guide path configured for shuttle movement therealong; and a safety arm coupled to the mounting bracket and configured for preventing shuttle access to an upper end of the fixed guide member in an instance wherein an extension guide member is not secured in an installed configuration relative to the fixed guide member, wherein the safety arm is configurable to an open position defined by the safety arm engaging the extension guide member to secure the extension guide member in the installed configuration; and wherein the safety arm being engaged with the extension guide member in the open position enables shuttle access to the extension guide member via the guide path.

The present system for fall restraint includes a mounting frame connected to a trigger mechanism and firing blocks, with a trigger cable extending through apertures in the mounting frame and trigger mechanism. Sudden movement by a user, such as a fall, actuates the trigger mechanism to trigger the firing blocks. The firing blocks are loaded with anchors and firing cartridges. Triggering the firing blocks causes the cartridges to fire, propelling the anchors into an anchoring surface, such as a roof. Because the user is connected to the trigger cable, once the anchors deploy the user is anchored to the roof and their fall arrested.

The present invention relates to an emergency escape apparatus for high-rise evacuation. The emergency escape apparatus for high-rise evacuation comprises a main conveying track, perpendicularly set up on an outer wall of a building, with a S-shaped circular track formed by a main guide rail section and a plurality of turning and joining sections; a plurality of branch conveying tracks, each being an inclined track and arranged, corresponding to each of the turning and joining sections, at an external connection passage on each floor of the building; and a plurality of conveying carriers, respectively slidably arranged on the branch conveying tracks and close to the external connection passages. Thereby, even in the event of a fire or other disaster, even a person in a building of an ultra-high floor can be moved quickly to the safe area by means of the emergency escape device of the present invention.

A traveller for safety line for a fall arrest system has a slot extending to the exterior of the traveller and a safety line locating shuttle provided on-board the traveller wherein the safety line locating shuttle is movable relative to the slot along a predetermined path in a direction across the slot. This aids in accurate positioning of the safety line with respect to the traveller. The slot can be defined between opposed slot edges which are movable relative to one another to reconfigure the slot.

An improved safety system in accordance with the disclosed and claimed concept connects directly with the rail and advantageously provides both a fall resistance apparatus as well as a fall protection apparatus. The fall resistance apparatus provides a support that is movably situated on the rail and that can be manually grasped by the worker during the maintenance operation and which provides physical support in all directions to the worker. The fall resistance apparatus thus resists the likelihood that a fall will occur. In the unlikely event of a fall, the fall protection apparatus connects the worker directly to the rail and supports the worker from the rail at a location spaced above the floor, thus protecting the worker from injury in the event of a fall.

A lifting equipment includes a guide rail; a climbing assistant, suitable for ascending and descending along the rail, said climbing assistant having a carriage and a first anti-fall device installed between the said carriage and the said guide rail, and the said first anti-fall device being capable of locking onto the said guide rail when the said carriage experiences weightlessness; a second anti-fall device for installation between the said guide rail and the personnel working on the said carriage, and the said second anti-fall device being capable of locking onto the same guide rail as the said climbing assistant when the personnel on the said carriage become weightless. The first anti-fall device used for the climbing assistant and the second anti-fall device for the personnel are installed on the same guide rail, and allowing the guide rail to be installed in the most optimal position.

A rigid rail assembly for a fall protection system comprises a rigid rail segment and a hanger. The rail segment comprises an upper portion defining an elongate slot and a lower portion. The hanger includes a hanger body adapted to be connected to a support member and a hanger coupling member extending downwardly from said hanger body and which is adapted to be received in the rail segment slot. The rail segment lower portion has opposed elongate side walls extending downwardly and outwardly and a flange extending inwardly from each of said side walls. The flanges define a track for the wheels of a trolley.

A fall arrester (10) including a body (20), a pawl (18) mounted to the body (20) for movement between a disengaged position and an engaging position wherein the pawl (18) engages a catching stop (16) in a guide rail (12), a first connecting element (41) operably connected to the pawl (18), and a second connecting element (60) operably connected to the pawl (18), wherein the pawl (18) is configured to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position in response to a first predetermined force applied to the first connecting element (41) in a first direction and to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position in response to a second predetermined force applied to the second connecting element (60) in a second direction that is different than the first direction.

The present system for fall restraint includes a mounting frame connected to a trigger mechanism and firing blocks, with a trigger cable extending through apertures in the mounting frame and trigger mechanism. Sudden movement by a user, such as a fall, actuates the trigger mechanism to trigger the firing blocks. The firing blocks are loaded with anchors and firing cartridges. Triggering the firing blocks causes the cartridges to fire, propelling the anchors into an anchoring surface, such as a roof. Because the user is connected to the trigger cable, once the anchors deploy the user is anchored to the roof and their fall arrested.

An apparatus and system whereby a user can move by guidance of a return track on a challenger course. The return track may extend away from the challenge course and overhang its main frame so the user can experience an element outside of the main frame.