A62B 1/00
Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like
A62B1/00 (Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like) appears on 1,297 US grants and 1,118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62B- Granted patents
- 1,297
- Published applications
- 1,118
- Assignees
- 445
- Inventors
- 1,900
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 35 | 0 |
| 1985 | 32 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 8 |
| 2002 | 19 | 22 |
| 2003 | 22 | 40 |
| 2004 | 33 | 49 |
| 2005 | 33 | 52 |
| 2006 | 31 | 53 |
| 2007 | 22 | 46 |
| 2008 | 13 | 46 |
| 2009 | 12 | 41 |
| 2010 | 16 | 48 |
| 2011 | 13 | 55 |
| 2012 | 40 | 40 |
| 2013 | 35 | 51 |
| 2014 | 27 | 54 |
| 2015 | 45 | 43 |
| 2016 | 38 | 58 |
| 2017 | 40 | 44 |
| 2018 | 54 | 62 |
| 2019 | 41 | 50 |
| 2020 | 50 | 54 |
| 2021 | 38 | 45 |
| 2022 | 22 | 37 |
| 2023 | 36 | 34 |
| 2024 | 34 | 42 |
| 2025 | 29 | 28 |
| 2026 | 25 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A62B 1/06Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like: by making use782
- A62B 1/02Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like: by making use227
- A62B 1/20Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like: by making use223
- A62B 1/22Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like: by making use66
Recent patents
- Climb safety device including a biasing element compressible by a load bearing member29 Sep 2026US 12,746,415 B2PerfectVision Manufacturing, Inc.
- Escape structure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,416 B2
- Harness with braided lead22 Sep 2026US 12,741,164 B2
- Safety drone for arresting the fall of a user22 Sep 2026US 12,741,165 B2Safety Drone, LLC
- Portable deployable emergency safety device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,027 B2
- Lifting device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284448 A1Artisans Working At Heights Co., Ltd.
- Climbing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218570 A1Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Fall Arrest Device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199715 A1Buckingham Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Fall arrest device for recovering rope at reduced speed16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199717 A1Yoke Industrial Corp.
- Fall protection device with brush for cleaning rope11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158299 A1Yoke Industrial Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Climbing rope191US 7,703,372 B1New England Ropes, Inc. · 2010
- Personnel lowering device76US 4,938,435 AFrost Engineering Development Corporation · 1990
- Self-retracting lifeline73US 7,281,620 B2D B Industries, Inc. · 2007
- Portable safety anchor71US 6,233,877 B12001
- Composite energy absorber71US 6,682,128 B2Oakwood Energy Management, Inc. · 2004