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US 11,298,572 · App. 15/986,050 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Safety system with digital tracking and reporting and method of use

Inventors: James David Dillon (Liberty, TX); Emily Anne Brown (College Station, TX); Anthony Kornegay (College Station, TX); Adam Laubach (College Station, TX); Trevor Lubianski (College Station, TX); Reynaldo Martinez (College Station, TX); Richard Hayden Meeks (College Station, TX); Jarrett Pawelek (College Station, TX)
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Patent No.
US 11,298,572
App. No.
15/986,050
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising: said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system. Said one or more tether assemblies comprising at least a first tether assembly and a second tether assembly. Said one or more tether assemblies each comprising a strap, and an anchoring hook. Said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by: attaching a harness assembly to said climber, and securing said base to said harness assembly. A portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base. Said retraction assembly are configured to selectively retract and release portions of said strap from within said base.

Claims (36)

1. A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising:

said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system;

said one or more tether assemblies each comprise a strap, and an anchoring hook;

said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by:

securing a harness assembly to said climber, and

securing said base to said harness assembly;

a portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base;

said anchoring hook retract and extend between a plurality of lengths from said base;

said plurality of lengths for each of said anchoring hooks comprise at least a retracted length and a fully extended length;

said safety monitoring harness system is configured to monitor use of said one or more tether assemblies by said climber by

verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended;

each of said straps comprise at least a first strap marker;

said safety monitoring harness system further comprises a one or more mag reed switches;

said first strap marker, for each of said strap, is configured to align with a portion of a one or more mag reed switches when said strap is in said retracted length and not aligned when said strap is not in said retracted length;

wherein verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended comprises

measuring whether at least one of said strap are not in said retracted length by verifying that at least one among said one or more one or more mag reed switches is not aligned with said first strap marker;

said safety monitoring harness system comprises an analog circuit configuration comprising a circuit between said power system and said alarm system;

said analog circuit configuration comprises a gate circuit for each of said one or more tether assemblies between said battery assembly and said alarm system; and

said gate circuit are each configured as closed with said first strap marker aligned with a first mag reed switch and said strap in said retracted length.

2. A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising:

said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system;

said one or more tether assemblies each comprise a strap, and an anchoring hook;

said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by:

securing a harness assembly to said climber, and

securing said base to said harness assembly;

a portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base;

said anchoring hook retract and extend between a plurality of lengths from said base;

said plurality of lengths for each of said anchoring hooks comprise at least a retracted length and a fully extended length;

said safety monitoring harness system is configured to monitor use of said one or more tether assemblies by said climber by

verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended;

each of said straps comprise at least a first strap marker;

wherein verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended comprises

measuring whether at least one of said strap are not in said retracted length by verifying that at least one among said one or more one or more mag reed switches is not aligned with said first strap marker;

said safety monitoring harness system comprises an analog circuit configuration comprising a circuit between said power system and said alarm system;

said analog circuit configuration comprises a gate circuit for each of said one or more tether assemblies between said battery assembly and said alarm system; and

said gate circuit are each configured as closed with said first strap marker aligned with a first mag reed switch and said strap in said retracted length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2018
From: MEEKS, RICHARD HAYDEN; LUBIANSKI, TREVOR; BROWN, EMILY; MARTINEZ, REYNALDO; PAWELEK, JARRETT; KORNEGAY, ANTHONY
To: SMART HARNESS SYSTEMS, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62583295 · Nov 8, 2017
Provisional Application 62533898 · Jul 18, 2017
Related Publication 20190022439A1 · Jan 24, 2019
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