EDWARD T KRAMER
Vehicle Board in Ashland, PA

4515244, May 7, 1985

Mar 26, 1984

6/593113

Edward T. Kramer - Ashland PA

A62B 120

182230

The direction altering device is used in conjunction with an emergency or exit rope or friction type lowering device. The purpose of the device is to hold the exit rope in a fixed position at the point on a bucket of a bucket truck, cherrypicker, or overhead crane, or on a window sill from which the emergency exit is being taken by the user. The device is clamped onto a surface such as the lip or edge of a bucket, liner, or combination of both, crane surface, or window sill, by placing the device on the said mounting surface so that the mounting surface is inserted into a channel formed on the device; screws mounted in one of the sides of the channel are then tightened to hold the device securely on the surface of the structure from which the descent is to be made. The exit rope is then placed into a slotted hole which is formed in the upper edge of the extension of the base panel of the channel of the device; the exit rope is then prevented from moving in a lateral direction or sliding along the surface from which exit is being taken. The device can be mounted at any point on the mounting surface, so that the exit rope will be securely held at that point.