Patent 11065477 was granted and assigned to 3M on July, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A fall-protection apparatus with a friction-braking system comprising a handle that is disconnectably connected to a braking cam so that when the handle is moved from a braking position to a non-braking position the braking cam is pivotally moved from a braking configuration to a non-braking configuration, and so that when the handle is moved to a disconnecting position the connection between the handle and the braking cam is disconnected.