# US 11,298,572 B2 · Safety system with digital tracking and reporting and method of use

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- Number: US 11,298,572 B2
- Document ID: US11298572B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/986,050
- Filed: 2018-05-22
- Published: 2019-01-24
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-18
- Applicants: Smart Harness Systems, LLC
- Inventors: James David Dillon; Emily Anne Brown; Anthony Kornegay; Adam Laubach; Trevor Lubianski; Reynaldo Martinez; Richard Hayden Meeks; Jarrett Pawelek
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298572B2

## CPC

- A62B 35/0093: {Fall arrest reel devices}
- A62B 35/0075: {Details of ropes or similar equipment, e.g. between the secured person and the lifeline or anchor}
- G08B 21/02: Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
- A62B 35/0018: {Full body harnesses covering at least shoulders and thighs}
- A62B 35/04: incorporating energy absorbing means
- G01C 5/00: Measuring height; Measuring distances transverse to line of sight; Levelling between separated points; Surveyors' levels (G01C3/20, G01C3/30 take precedence)
- G01D 5/12: using electric or magnetic means (G01D5/06 takes precedence)
- G01S 11/02: using radio waves (G01S19/00 takes precedence)
- G01S 19/14: specially adapted for specific applications
- A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00)
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising: said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system. Said one or more tether assemblies comprising at least a first tether assembly and a second tether assembly. Said one or more tether assemblies each comprising a strap, and an anchoring hook. Said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by: attaching a harness assembly to said climber, and securing said base to said harness assembly. A portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base. Said retraction assembly are configured to selectively retract and release portions of said strap from within said base.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising:
said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system;
said one or more tether assemblies each comprise a strap, and an anchoring hook;
said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by:
securing a harness assembly to said climber, and
securing said base to said harness assembly;
a portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base;
said anchoring hook retract and extend between a plurality of lengths from said base;
said plurality of lengths for each of said anchoring hooks comprise at least a retracted length and a fully extended length;
said safety monitoring harness system is configured to monitor use of said one or more tether assemblies by said climber by
verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended;
each of said straps comprise at least a first strap marker;
said safety monitoring harness system further comprises a one or more mag reed switches;
said first strap marker, for each of said strap, is configured to align with a portion of a one or more mag reed switches when said strap is in said retracted length and not aligned when said strap is not in said retracted length;
wherein verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended comprises
measuring whether at least one of said strap are not in said retracted length by verifying that at least one among said one or more one or more mag reed switches is not aligned with said first strap marker;
said safety monitoring harness system comprises an analog circuit configuration comprising a circuit between said power system and said alarm system;
said analog circuit configuration comprises a gate circuit for each of said one or more tether assemblies between said battery assembly and said alarm system; and
said gate circuit are each configured as closed with said first strap marker aligned with a first mag reed switch and said strap in said retracted length.

### Claim 2

A safety monitoring harness system for the protection of a climber comprising:
said safety monitoring harness system comprising a base, a one or more tether assemblies, a retraction assembly, an alarm system, a strap length sensor assembly, and a power system;
said one or more tether assemblies each comprise a strap, and an anchoring hook;
said safety monitoring harness system is configured to selectively attach to said climber by:
securing a harness assembly to said climber, and
securing said base to said harness assembly;
a portion of said retraction assembly is enclosed within said base;
said anchoring hook retract and extend between a plurality of lengths from said base;
said plurality of lengths for each of said anchoring hooks comprise at least a retracted length and a fully extended length;
said safety monitoring harness system is configured to monitor use of said one or more tether assemblies by said climber by
verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended;
each of said straps comprise at least a first strap marker;
wherein verifying that at least one among said one or more tether assemblies is extended comprises
measuring whether at least one of said strap are not in said retracted length by verifying that at least one among said one or more one or more mag reed switches is not aligned with said first strap marker;
said safety monitoring harness system comprises an analog circuit configuration comprising a circuit between said power system and said alarm system;
said analog circuit configuration comprises a gate circuit for each of said one or more tether assemblies between said battery assembly and said alarm system; and
said gate circuit are each configured as closed with said first strap marker aligned with a first mag reed switch and said strap in said retracted length.