258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-182.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 182 Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:01:16 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120037454/description.html

Application Number:  20120037454

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Fitzgezald, Michael Patrick

A base extending mechanism is provided for a ladder in the form of pivotable lower leg sections which can be independently rotated outwards to provide a wider ladder base. This extension of the ladder base is complementary to and supported by a compatible ladder levelling ...
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Application Number:  20120037453

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Flecha, Francisco

The present invention provides a significant improvement to a ladder by making it light-weight and easily collapsible. Ladder rails slide back and forth over ladder rungs allowing the ladder to collapse to a fraction of its extended size. After collapse of the rails, the rungs fold up using a pivoting knuckle hinge. The pivot is specifically designed to pivot only one way to prevent accidents or collapse while the ladder is in use. This design allows the ladder to be compact and easily ...
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Application Number:  20120037452

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  COPELAND, TIM; Wiley, Tony

A safety apparatus adapted for retrofitting vertical enclosures is shown. The safety apparatus may include a support frame, a grate platform, and telescoping support legs adapted to fasten to an enclosure wall. The apparatus may also include a hinged hatch defining an opening configured to allow a person to be pulled through the ...
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Application Number:  20120037451

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Payne, Peter; Elkins, Mark

Embodiments of anchors for use in height safety systems are described, the anchors including: a generally elongate member; an attachment point for a safety line is provided at one end of the member; the anchor is arranged to be affixed to a sturdy object so that, in use, the attachment point is in a raised position. Various height safety systems including such anchors are also ...
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Application Number:  20120037450

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Rowland, Simon M.; Ahmed, Yasir

A safety harness for use on power transmission pylons has a main section with at least a portion thereof being electrically conductive, and a coupling for connecting that portion to earth. The harness may include a lower support section, with the main section having shoulder straps and an upper back portion. The electrically conductive portion is normally located in at least one of shoulder and waist areas of the main section. The earth connection can be made through a lanyard extending from ...
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Application Number:  20120036700

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Mun, Jae Eop

Disclosed herein are a universal platform and an assembly method of an aircraft using the same. The universal platform includes a plurality of scissor lifts arranged around an aircraft, wherein each of the plural scissor lifts includes a base frame, a support frame located above the base frame, a support table fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the support frame, a plurality of link members axially assembled to be mutually pivoted between the support frame and the base frame, a plurality of ...
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Application Number:  20120031702

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Bissett, Timothy; Beaman, Andrew

A mounting for a support post of a safety system has a cylindrical stem to be removably received in a cylindrical socket of an anchor device to be secured to a structure, and a connector enabling connection to the support post of the safety system. The connector is articulated with respect to the cylindrical stem to be adjustable over a range of attitude orientations with respect to the cylindrical stem and a securing device secures the connector at a specific attitude orientation with respect ...
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Application Number:  20120031701

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Jones, Karl

A speed responsive engagement device for use in a fall arrest system has a ratchet wheel having outwardly projecting spaced apart teeth and a pawl arranged for pivotal movement to engage the ratchet wheel teeth. The pawl and the ratchet wheel are rotatable relative to one another such that when relative rotation occurs between the ratchet wheel and the pawl in a first direction the pawl contacts the ratchet wheel, generating an oscillating movement of the pawl with an amplitude dependent on the ...
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Application Number:  20120031700

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  NICHOLS, JR., STEVEN CHRISTOPHER

A fall protection anchor and related systems and methods. The anchor comprises a first elongate leg and a second elongate leg connected to each other at a base plate. The first elongate leg comprises a first base end and a first apex end and further comprises a first capture portion near the first base end and a first intra-connection portion near the first apex end. At least the second elongate leg comprises a second base end and a second apex end and further comprises a second capture portion ...
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Application Number:  20120025507

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Berry, JR., Henry Kistler; Berry, III, Henry Kistler

A scaffold includes a central platform with a top surface defining a central area, a bottom, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a front side. The scaffold also includes a plurality of supports connected to and supporting the platform and at least one extendible platform connected adjacent to the central platform. The extendible platform has a top surface defining an extendible area. The extendible platform is adjustable between an opened position and a closed position, the opened ...
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Application Number:  20120024630

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  VanLaningham, Rodney

A tree stand device for use in conjunction with an extension ladder by hunters or nature observers, capable of providing secure footing and support for a user thereon. The device comprises a platform with a tree engagement termination. The tree engagement is a V-shape tree grip that engages the outer surface of the tree and accommodates several different diameters thereof. An adjustable strap is utilized to secure the device to an abutted tree or similar rounded structure. Opposite of the tree ...
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Application Number:  20120024629

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  BERRY, JR., HENRY K.; BERRY, III, HENRY K.

Mobile scaffolding units include a vehicle for movement across ground surface, a stationary platform rigidly fixed to the vehicle at a predetermined immovable height above the ground surface, and a gantry platform operatively connected to the stationary platform for movements between a retracted position where the gantry platform is nested adjacent to the stationary platform, and an extended position wherein the gantry platform extends laterally outwardly from one or another lateral side of the ...
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Application Number:  20120024628

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Svehlek, John R.

A system of increased safety when performing work using a ladder is described. The system includes a ladder bracket for temporarily attachment of a ladder to a structure to stabilize or secure the ladder. The bracket is easy to install and acts to limit or prevent slippage of the ladder laterally or away from the structure and generally promotes a greater margin of safety. In addition, the system includes a bracket for temporarily, yet securely, attaching a safety railing to a ladder. A ...
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Application Number:  20120024627

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Holler, Kevin; Harshbarger, Joel; Motta, Chris; Robinson, Justin

Disclosed is a harness system that can be used in both restraining and extracting a wearer. The harness takes the form of webbing that may be integrated into a crewmember worn vest. The webbing includes extraction loops for use in hoisting the crewmember and a release mechanism for releasably coupling the harness to an external restraint, such as an overhead reel. The system can be used within a vehicle, such as a land based vehicle, a water going vessel, or an ...
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Application Number:  20120023863

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Van Der Meijden, Gert; Van Den Heuvel, Jos

Method for constructing an elevator, more particularly an elevator that is used during the construction-time of the building, in which method the range of movement in the elevator hoistway of the elevator car of the elevator is changed in steps to extend higher in the elevator hoistway with stepped lifts of the supporting platform of the elevator car, and in which method the supporting platform is lifted higher in the elevator hoistway with hoisting means, and the support force needed for the ...
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Application Number:  20120018254

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Nickel, Shane Lorin; Solhjem, Jason Michael

A scaffold system includes first and second spaced apart vertical posts. An upper support device mounts at an upper portion of each of the first and second vertical posts and includes spaced apart arms extending in a first direction from the associated vertical post for engaging the side of a building. A lower support device mounts at a lower portion at each of the vertical posts to support one or more planks and includes outriggers extending laterally and in a second direction opposite the ...
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Application Number:  20120018253

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Taberah, Joseph

A power lift system is disclosed for use in association with scaffolding type systems. The system is designed to be erected in close proximity to a building wall or other support structure and is used to lift substantial loads to a desired elevation. The lift system has particular application for use in association with construction and/or the repair of a structure where a crane or elevator is not suitable or available. The power lift system comprises at least one vertical lift combination that ...
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Application Number:  20120018252

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  PEACOCK, Mark; ESKELINEN, Matti; YAN, Zhizhong

Method in the use of a construction-time elevator, in which method the supporting platform that supports the elevator car of the elevator is lifted higher in the elevator hoistway with a hoisting device supported on a support structure. In the method the supporting platform is suspended from the support structure via at least one hoisting device and rope comprised in the hoisting device and the supporting platform is lifted upwards in the elevator hoistway with a lifting ratio of 1:x, where x ...
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Application Number:  20120018251

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Bus, KarolusTheodorus Wilhelmina Maria

A supporting element for an object includes a first leg member and a second leg member. The first leg member is axially movable relative to the second leg member for axially extending the supporting element. The first leg member includes a house that is arranged for slidably receiving the second leg member. The house includes a locking element having a locking position for locking the relative axial movement of the first leg member with respect to the second leg member, and having an open ...
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Application Number:  20120018250

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Smith, Robert Benjamin

A safety strap assembly is used by a climber for ascending, remaining secured at height and descending from a tree or pole. The safety strap assembly includes a tubular strap; an elastic strap; a stiffening member; a string; a coupling; and a finger-pull. Optionally, an oval chain-link is included. The tubular strap fits around a tree. One end of the tubular strap is connected to an elastic strap. The other end is attachable to the climber. The stiffening member fits within the tubular member. ...
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Application Number:  20120018249

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Mehr, Christian

A fall protection device for trampolines includes at least one rope which is preferably substantially non-resilient and can be connected to a user of the trampoline. At least one tautening device is provided for holding the rope taut when the fall protection device is in use. Also provided is at least one device for limiting the rope ...
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Application Number:  20120018248

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Green, Sherry J.

The harness may also include a climbing strap for securing the harness loosely to a support device, such as a tree, while a person climbs a support device. The harness may be secured to a person by tightening a waist strap around the person's waist. The harness system may include a fall restraint device and shoulder straps enabling the harness system to qualify as a fall arrest ...
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Application Number:  20120017419

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Honein, Younassan Joseph; Honein, Joseph A.

A system for constructing a tank which is made up of a plurality of generally rectangular prism sections, which are hinged together on the back side to form a platform, having an end section hinged to a frame section, a cantilever frame extending from the end section, a counterbalance frame attached to said cantilever and extending parallel to the platform and opposed to the end section, with the end section and said counterbalance frame being separated by a pair of saddle wheels mounted to the ...
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