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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308968 | Transportable rescue conveyer A transportable conveyer is provided for simultaneous rescue of multiple persons and objects. The conveyer is capable of being stored and transported in a compact folded position. The preferred embodiment is an endless conveyer with three elements: a belt equipped w... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7219766 | Mid-span fall protection system A mid-span fall protection system including a remotely attachable fall protection latching mechanism for attachment to an elevated horizontal strand. The fall protection latching mechanism may be used with an elongated rigid structure for extending between a support... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198134 | Method and apparatus for assisting multiple climbers A method is provided for assisting multiple climbers in ascending and descending the same ladder using an apparatus that includes a plurality of counterweights and a rigging system coupled to the counterweights, the rigging system includes at least two subsystems, e... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195100 | System and method for an escapable multistory building A system and method for allowing escape of many persons from a multistory building over a short period of time. The method and system include strategic placement and use of anchor points and components in conjunction with escape kits or devices so as to allow increa... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7156203 | Device and method for evacuating persons, for example from a multi-storey building on fire Device for evacuating persons, for example from a multi-storey building on fire, from an evacuating location to a secure location, comprising: a balloon provided to be filled with a gas lighter than air for moving the balloon between the secure location and the evac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7059451 | Load lowering system A system for mechanically lowering a load from an elevated position to a lower position in a relatively slow and controlled manner using only gravity and frictional forces. The system includes a vertically aligned glide rod, a glide collar that moves longitudinally ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017947 | Pipe holder A pipe holder includes a body member and a support member connected to and extending away from the body member. The body member defines an opening proximate a first end of the body member. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966534 | Wire system for hanging picture frames A wire system for use with picture frames and other items to be hung from or mounted to a vertical support. The wire system includes a base that includes a plurality of openings and rotatable levers that include respective internal passageways. Wire is installed thr... | 11/22/2005 |
| 5094171 | Cable guided platform escape vehicle with tubular frame construction A platform escape vehicle, particularly for rapid escape of a derrickman from his monkey-board on a drilling rig, consisting of two sheaves with double grooves mounted on parallel shafts, to take a wire rope, one sheave being provided with a dynamic brake... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4660677 | Personnel evacuation apparatus for an offshore platform Personnel evacuation apparatus for use with an offshore platform. A launching ramp that is mounted to the platform by a gimbal is stowed in a vertical position with a survival vessel secured in the entry end of the ramp. A release mechanism activatable fr... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4593787 | Sky-slide system from elevated structures This invention relates to a rapid emergency escape system from elevated structures such as the fire-escape system from the top of a sky scraper to the ground level, which rapid descending system includes a vertical wire rope securely anchored to an over-h... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4591021 | Sky-slide emergency escape system This invention relates to a rapid emergency escape system from an elevated structure which could be used as a fire-escape system from different levels of high rise building to its ground level. The sky-slide emergency escape system of the present inventio... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4556123 | Patient evacuation system from a multistory structure An evacuation system for nonambulatory patients from a multistory hospital or the like. A trackway is secureable to a wall of a stairwell and includes a hanger rail support. A hanger is rotatably associable with the hanger rail support and has elongated e... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4550804 | Climbing assist apparatus having controlled descent and escape mechanism A climbing assist apparatus for oil derricks and the like comprises a cable which is attached to the worker and is trained over a sheave at the crown portion of the rig, then connected to a counterweight in order to remove slack from the cable as the work... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4538704 | Multiple-person evacuation method and apparatus This invention relates to a multiperson emergency evacuation system characterized by a first rope used for the initial descent down the outside of the building, a combination anchoring and descent control fixture mountable adjacent the escape opening used... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538703 | Climbing aid and safety descent system A safety system which permits the free movement of the user, assists the ascent of the user and provides a reduced, controlled rate of descent in the event of an emergency descent or a fall, includes a cable attachable at one end to the user and secured a... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4474263 | Derrick elevator A system for moving personnel between two elevations has features that allow control of ascent and descent by the passenger. The system has a cage carried by a load bearing cable that is moved to raise and lower the cage. The cable also has a plurality of... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4458781 | Climbing aid and safety descent device A novel controlled descent device is disclosed which not only aids in the ascent of a human being from a lower elevation to an upper elevation but also provides for the safe descent of a human being from the upper level to the lower level. The apparatus c... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4442918 | Emergency escape device An escape device for allowing an endangered person to be safely lowered from a drilling tower or other elevated structure includes an automatic brake which controls the descent of a trolley assembly downwardly along an escape cable extending from the elev... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4434869 | Rescue apparatus An apparatus for transporting personnel or materials from an upper elevation to a lower elevation. Twin guideline means are suspended between the upper and lower elevations from each of which is suspended a carrier means. The two carrier means are simulta... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4369538 | Apparatus for transfer of persons and goods between structures offshore System for offshore transfer of persons and goods, preferably between a supply vessel and a stationary platform or a moored drilling/production platform or vessel, comprising a rigid gangway of which one end is pivotable on a vertical and a horizontal axi... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4359946 | Elevated downhill transport system An elevated downhill transport system is provided with a cable system and appropriate towers to support the cable along a variable downhill course. A single cable only, being necessary, a cable trolley is also provided that prevents the carriage from acci... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4341286 | Fire escape improvement An improved, self-storing, telescoping fire pole which can be thrust manually, mechanically, or electrically out and away from a building at an angle, to an actuated position to provide a slide pole from a building to the ground; and when actuated into it... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4294331 | Method and system for escaping from an offshore drilling platform Improvements in a system for escaping from an offshore drilling or production platform in an emergency situation which includes a stable floating structure forming a safe haven anchored near but at a safe distance from the platform, an aerial cableway ext... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4280593 | Diagonal elevator A diagonal elevator adapted to move in an inclined path between a lower first station and an upper second station spaced vertically and horizontally from the first station, including an elevator car guided for movement along a diagonal path between the fi... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4203504 | Method and system for escaping from an offshore drilling platform Improved method and system for escaping from an offshore drilling or production platform in an emergency situation. A stable buoyant structure is floated and anchored in a fixed position nearby but at a safe distance from the platform. The structure is co... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4122917 | Fire rescue equipment Fire rescue equipment for mounting on the roof of a building which includes a boom which is rotatably mounted on the roof for swinging movement over the edge of the roof and on which boom there is a pulley with a cable which is raised and lowered toward g... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4111281 | Building front rope lift A building front rope lift for rescuing persons in particular subject to fire hazards in tall buildings comprises a lift cage to which a first roller is secured and which is suspended from one end of at least one load rope led around at least one guide ro... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4056167 | Emergency elevator Apparatus for automatically escaping from a derrick comprises a chamber movable along a cable attached at one end to said derrick, and an automatically releasable system for holding the chamber at the derrick end of the cable, said system comprising a rel... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4050542 | Mobile rescue apparatus Mobile rescue apparatus is provided for rescuing individuals from modern high-rise buildings and the like. An elongated reeved telescoping chute is mounted on a mobile platform and is movable to any angle and extent to reach a desired portion of a buildin... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3970287 | Guide block for a cable A guide block of the open breach type particularly adapted for use in connection with a vertically disposed cable. The guide block includes two U-shaped hand plates fixed in parallelism relative one to the other, the plates being separated one from the ot... | 07/20/1976 |
