E06C 7/18
Devices for preventing persons from falling
Official title: Devices for preventing persons from falling (life-saving belts A62B1/16 {; safety devices for window-cleaners A47L3/00})
E06C7/18 (Devices for preventing persons from falling) appears on 475 US grants and 579 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06C- Granted patents
- 475
- Published applications
- 579
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 827
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 17 | 28 |
| 2025 | 22 | 28 |
| 2026 | 26 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Foldable stair assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,728,899 B2Safesmart LLC
- Duck blind ladder device1 Sep 2026US 12,723,467 B2
- Fall protection system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,296 B2Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc.
- At height safety system and method of use thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,708,803 B2TruBlue LLC
- Horizontal collapsing ladder21 Jul 2026US 12,686,335 B2
- Kitchen helper folding step stool with spring loaded crossbar retainer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298025 A1
- Domestic hydraulic stepladder characterized by infinitely variable height for steps and platform17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275810 A1Hitachi High -Tech Corpo
- Modular ladder with a tambour barrier10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266078 A1Confer Plastics, Inc.
- Deployable shoe for a height work platform3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258701 A1Duarib Group
- Step stool with bracket-receiving extruded channel27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251015 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ladder accessory71US 5,913,380 AC-6 Corporation · 1999
- Stability system for a fire apparatus62US 10,456,610 B1Oshkosh Corporation · 2019
- Ladder climbing safety clamp56US 5,265,696 AD B Industries, Inc. · 1993
- Fall arrester and emergency retrieval apparatus and anchor apparatus therefor50US 4,589,523 ARose Manufacturing Company · 1986
- Tripodal support50US 4,798,262 A1989