E06C 7/186
Rail or rope for guiding a safety attachment
Official title: {Rail or rope for guiding a safety attachment, e.g. a fall arrest system}
E06C7/186 (Rail or rope for guiding a safety attachment) appears on 118 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06C- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 197
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Climb assist velocity control30 Jun 2026US 12,669,017 B2SafeWorks, LLC
- Fall arrest system12 May 2026US 12,623,100 B2Hog Slat, Inc.
- Fall protection system10 Mar 2026US 12,571,259 B2Formetco, Inc.
- Energy absorber assembly for use with a ladder safety system24 Apr 2025US 2025/0129669 A1Pure Safety Group, Inc.
- Open design fall arrest system13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084700 A1Tuf-Tug, Inc.
- Ladder dock13 Feb 2025US 2025/0052115 A1
- Rope joining16 Jan 2025US 2025/0020024 A1SafeWorks, LLC
- Rail systems, shuttle assemblies, and methods of use9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012148 A1Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Structural members and associated parts49US 6,408,587 B1Total Fabrications Limited · 2002
- Fall restraint system and method useful for roof inspection46US 6,112,853 AState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2000
- Fall arrest safety device44US 6,837,337 B2Radian Communication Services (Canada) Limited · 2005