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7383920 Step stool with movable handrail  
A step stool includes a step frame and a handrail movable relative to the step frame between lowered and raised positions. The handrail includes a handle and left and right handle support arms...
7377080 Stowable spiral staircase system for overhead space access  
A staircase system ( 2 ) includes a rail element ( 40 ) and multiple stair elements ( 42 ). Baluster elements ( 44 ) are coupled to the rail element ( 40 ) and to the stair elements ( 42 ). A...
7370725 Motorized rungless ladder  
A device supported by a ground surface and a structure for at least one of elevating and descending a user. The device includes a first guide rail having a first channel extending along a length...
7322442 Ladder top walk through extensions  
Walk through ladder extensions are provided to attach to the upper ends of ladder side rails, and define a wide unobstructed space between them. The extensions can be gripped by a user to steady...
7284746 Clamping apparatus and apparatus for use in erecting temporary guard rails  
An apparatus for use in clamping a structure at its edge, the structure having opposed surfaces, the apparatus comprising a stanchion, a first clamping assembly attached to the stanchion and a...
7261113 Step-up cane  
A cane having a substantially vertical member, a base attached to the substantially vertical member with at least three legs and a first tread proximate the substantially vertical member, a second...
7234689 Clamping apparatus and apparatus for use in erecting temporary guard rails  
An apparatus for use in clamping a structure at its edge, the structure having opposed surfaces, the apparatus comprising a stanchion, a first clamping assembly attached to the stanchion and a...
7225896 Collapsible handrail mechanism  
A collapsible handrail mechanism for steps or a ladder including: an outer stringer and an inner stringer jointly pivotable about a pivot point; a stanchion located between the outer and...
7195099 Hinged supported roof scaffold  
A support member for roof scaffolding having a base plate that is designed to be secured to a roof deck. The base plate is operably connected to a hinged plate that carries on it a sleeve that is...
7174993 Safety railing  
A vertically adjustable safety railing system for obtaining safety railing access to the tops of mobile equipment of various heights such as tank trucks. The safety railing apparatus generally...
7137478 Ladder safety cage  
A safety ladder cage system is of a fabricated construction to reduce the time and expertise to provide a safety cage to one side of a scaffold system access ladder. The safety cage system is...
7127868 Guardrail system for a roof of a building and associated methods  
A guardrail system for a pitched roof of a building including a plurality of pitched roof members includes a plurality of end post supports that may be installed from ground level. Each of the end...
7090049 Aquatic ladder adapted for marine applications  
The aquatic ladder was designed for ease of use, rather than ease of storage. It has wide, deep treads, arranged like a staircase, with side and upper railings which make it easy to enter or exit...
7063186 Safety rail  
A portable modular safety rail ( 20 ) is taught for protecting workers during building construction and remodeling. The invention in the preferred embodiment consists of two upright stanchions ( 22...
6932194 Safety rail for scaffolding  
A first embodiment of a safety rail for a folding scaffolding cart comprises a single hollow metal tube having two longitudinal ends and shaped to have three smooth 90 degree bends to fit diagonal...
6929094 Restraint system, apparatus and method for ladder system  
A fall restraint system to be incorporated in an existing ladder system where there are ladder stations, each having a platform, a ladder extending up from the platform, a safety cage around an...
6926119 Folding steps  
A climbing aid for assisting people to move up or down to different levels has steps that can be folded into attached integral handrails that circumscribe the steps when folded so that no parts...
6907957 Trench shield ladder  
A trench shield ladder that hangs on the wall of the trench shield to provide workmen safe access to a trench. The ladder is provided with a top platform and hand rails that extend over the...
6899201 Hoop for a safety cage assembly of a ladder  
A hoop for a safety cage assembly of a ladder includes a rigid arcuate band having a first face, a second face, a first end and a second end. Each of the first end and the second end are secured to...
6880674 Gate for above ground pool steps  
A door ladder assembly for use with the an above ground swimming pool, the assembly comprising a ladder having a plurality of steps, a door with a first side hingedly connected to one side of the...
6769513 Swimming pool ladder  
A molded plastic pool ladder of A-frame shape having first and second sides consisting of assembled frame channel rail structures with a ladder slidable between lower and higher positions in one of...
6739349 Bulk milk tank with adjustable ladder  
A bulk milk tank having a ladder that provides access to a raised platform in a lowered position and moves to a raised position to provide ample operating room around the tank outlet valve.
6722470 Anchorage adapter, systems and methods for use in fall protection  
A system for anchoring a lifeline includes a support member for the lifeline. The support member includes a first connector to attach the support member to a first type of anchorage. The system...
6694677 Transportable podium  
The invention relates to a transportable podium ( 1 ) with step elements ( 2 ) which in an operating position of the podium ( 1 ) have different heights above a floor ( 6 ). To facilitate the...
6619428 Walk-through ladder  
Structures and apparatuses such as tank cars that have ladders associated therewith are disclosed which have, at the ladder top, two arrays of a plurality of horizontal rungs suitable for a climber...
6607053 Retractable safety cage  
A retractable safety cage is provided that occupies a minimum amount of vertical space within a manhole and which provides, in an extended position, a safety barrier surrounding the entrance to the...
6601245 Corrosion resistant rail for swimming pool ladders and steps  
A handrail is defined by a main tubular body formed of a non-corrosive, rigid vinyl material. The handrail includes a first open end, a second open end and a mid-section extending therebetween,...
6595324 Ladder safety hoop system  
A safety enclosure for a human worker positioned on a ladder, comprising a bracket connectable to first and second preselected rungs of a ladder, having a longitudinally extending central portion...
6578666 Portable safety ladder assembly for a truck trailer  
A portable ladder assembly for a truck trailer for users to climb on and off truck trailers. The portable ladder assembly for a truck trailer includes a support assembly including bracket members...
6477972 Assembly of a safety rail for an access hatch  
A safety rail assembly for an access hatch of a kind comprising a hatch frame which defines an opening, said safety rail assembly being adapted to extend around at least a part of a hatch frame...
6422341 Lift-up rail extensions  
A lift up rail extension assembly is to be mounted onto an existing ladder which has a first rail and an opposite second rail. The first and second rails are connected by at least one step. The...
6386320 Portable support structure useful as ladder or stepladder  
The invention concerns a support structure characterized in that it comprises at least: a shaft ( 1 ) whereof the two ends are designed to be urged to rest on two fixed elements, one of which may...
6364057 Ladder shield for stepladders  
A ladder shield for use with a stepladder for blocking access to predetermined upper steps thereof comprises a first rectangular plate configured to lie flat atop the top step of a stepladder and a...
6347685 Walk-through ladder  
Structures and apparatuses such as tank cars that have ladders associated therewith are disclosed which have, at the ladder top, two arrays of a plurality of horizontal rungs suitable for a climber...
6260662 Rectractable extension for the guiding rail of a climbing guard  
The device for allowing a person to safely step off from and onto a climbing track on a roof edge, a roof slope, a shaft opening or similar, includes a guide rail (10) for guiding a catching device...
6202787 Multipiece interfitting steps for a swimming pool  
A step assembly for a swimming pool, includes a unitary, one-piece, molded plastic, stand alone, lower step section including two steps, an upper platform at least as high as an uppermost one of...
6167659 Roof or access hatch safety railing system  
A roof hatch safety railing for increasing a person's safety as he or she climbs onto a roof or platform of a building from a roof or access hatch is disclosed. The safety railing includes two...
6095283 Walk-through ladder  
A fixed ladder has a first plurality of parallel rungs arranged along a lower section thereof and also has a walk-through section with vertical side rails arranged at the top thereof. A second...
6076635 Step stool with a flexible high handle  
A portable step stool assembly including a step stool having a bottom surface adapted to be supported on a generally horizontal support surface and having a top surface adapted to be stepped on by...
6012546 Safety ladder  
A new Safety Ladder for providing a ladder which may be safely and stably positioned relative to a building. The inventive device includes a pair of side rails, a plurality of spaced rungs...
6003633 Portable truck or trailer ladder assembly  
A portable ladder for attachment to truck and trailer beds having stake or post pockets spaced about the outer periphery of the truck or trailer frame, including an attachment plate having a post...
6000494 Swimming pool steps  
A drop-in stair assembly for a pool which comprises alternating treads and risers forming a series of steps extending between first and second side walls and with a pair of L-shaped connectors,...
5992563 Multipiece interfitting steps for a swimming pool  
A step assembly for a swimming pool, includes an upper step section including two upper steps at a first height, front, side and rear supporting walls for supporting the two upper steps on a ground...
5931258 Extendible safety posts for manhole ladders  
A retractable safety post for facilitating access in and out of a manhole is slidably attached to each side rail of a wall-mounted ladder. Each post slides within a tubular sleeve fixed to the side...
5924521 Marine vessel overboard emergency system  
A marine vessel ladder system that is primarily used for overboard emergency situations. The ladder system is collapsible and separable into two pieces with one piece substantially smaller than the...
5820110 Self storing guard rail system for telescopic bleachers  
A telescoping bleacher system having plural sectional rows of cantilever mounted seats and horizontal foot decks moveable between an extended use position whereat the rows are cascaded in...
5813494 Access ladder assembly for an off-highway machine  
An access ladder assembly for an agricultural machine having a body with an elevated operator's station. The ladder assembly includes a ladder that is mounted to the frame of the machine by a pivot...
5575353 Device for blocking stairs  
A device for blocking stairs which is attached to the vertically-extending side panels of a stairway. A pair of expanding support elements is wedged between the side panels and separated from each...
5441126 Ladder guard  
A ladder guard, when in placed on the front section of a two-section extension ladder, prevents persons from climbing on the ladder, from either the front or back, and reduces the chances of theft...
5421428 Ladder guard  
The invention is a ladder guard which prevents unauthorized access to a ladder. Preventing injury to children is a primary goal of the invention. The ladder guard has a top and a bottom hook...