IP Library Granted Patent US 12,404,722
Granted Patent B2
US 12,404,722 · App. 17/720,606 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Method and system for providing a smart ladder to a user

Inventors: Mirza Faizan (Irving, TX); Shayaan Shaik (Edison, NJ); Aqil Gudur (Edison, NJ); Zashaan T Shaik (Edison, NJ); Gupil Mayari (Irving, TX); Omar Mohammed (Durham, NC); Suleman Khan Mohammed (Durham, NC); Mirza Rizwan (Patna, IN); Humna Fakeha Khan (Rampur, IN); Zaynab Khan (Murphy, TX); Mishaal Qureshi (Frisco, TX); Abdullah Hasani (Murphy, TX)
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Patent No.
US 12,404,722
App. No.
17/720,606
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for self-rescuing a user climbing a smart ladder is provided. The method includes activating, by a processor, a mesh unit based on a detection of the user's step above a certain height from a pedalboard of the smart ladder. The mesh unit is installed along at least one side of the smart ladder. The mesh unit is extended outwardly like a folding hand fan to form a secured circular net mesh configuration along the sides of the smart ladder. Further, the method includes suspending, by the processor, the mesh unit, based on a detection of the user's step at the pedalboard. Furthermore, the method includes folding, by the processor, the mesh unit back along at least one side of the smart ladder.

Claims (9)

1. A method for self-rescuing a user climbing a smart ladder, the method comprising:

activating, by a processor, a mesh unit based on detecting that a step of the user crosses a second step of the smart ladder and ascends towards a third or higher step of the smart ladder, wherein the mesh unit is installed along at least one side of the smart ladder, and wherein the mesh unit includes movable arm frames and a catching net spreadable to form a secured circular net mesh configuration around the smart ladder;

spreading, by the processor, the catching net via the movable arm frames to form the secured circular net mesh configuration around the smart ladder, mesh unit based on the activation of the mesh unit; and

folding, by the processor, the catching net via the movable arm frames along the at least one side of the smart ladder, based on detecting that the step of the user descends from the second step towards a first step of the smart ladder.

2. A system for self-rescuing a user climbing a smart ladder, the system comprising:

a processor configured to:

activate a mesh unit based on a detection that a step of the user crosses a second step of the smart ladder and ascends towards a third or higher step of the smart ladder, wherein the mesh unit is installed along at least one side of the smart ladder, and wherein the mesh unit includes movable arm frames and a catching net spreadable to form a secured circular net mesh configuration around-along the sides of the smart ladder;

spread the catching net via the movable arm frames to form the secured circular net mesh configuration around the smart ladder, based on the activation of the mesh unit; and

fold the catching net via the movable arm frames along the at least one side of the smart ladder, based on a detection that the step of the user descends from the second step towards a first step of the smart ladder.

Continuity (1)
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