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US 7,351,155 B2Granted
Half pipe harness safety system
OwnerBrett Lickleinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a harness safety system that can be used while riding, for example, a skateboard, a bike, rollerblades, etc. through a half pipe. Specifically, the invention comprises a track spanning the half-pipe having a free-running cord and harness hanging therefrom that allows the rider to proceed through the flats and up the transitions of a half pipe while retaining tension on the rider throughout the process and arresting the rider's fall, thus preventing the rider from serious injury.
Claims10
A half-pipe safety system comprising:
- a. a half-pipe shaped surface comprising a flat base, and first and second transition walls, wherein the distance from the first transition wall to the second transition wall defines a width of said half-pipe, and wherein said half-pipe further comprises a length having a far end and a near end;
- b. a first track disposed above said surface at about the far end of the half-pipe and extending horizontally from a position above said first transition wall to a position above said second transition wall;
- c. a second track disposed above said surface at about the near end of the half-pipe and extending horizontally from a position above said first transition wall to a position above said second transition wall;
- d. a third track extending laterally between said first track and said second track;
- e. a first fastener disposed on said first track and adapted to ride freely along said first track and fixedly attached to a far end of said third track;
- f. a second fastener disposed on said second track and adapted to ride freely along said second track and fixedly attached to a near end of said third track;
- g. a third fastener disposed on said third track and adapted to ride freely along said third track;
- h. a cord comprising a top end and a bottom end, wherein said top end is fixedly attached to said third fastener;
- and
- i. a harnessing apparatus fixedly attached to the bottom end of said cord.
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A half-pipe safety system comprising:
- a. a half-pipe shaped surface comprising a flat base, and first and second transition walls, wherein the distance from the first transition wall to the second transition wall defines a width of said half-pipe, and wherein said half-pipe further comprises a length having a far end and a near end;
- b. a first track disposed above said half-pipe outside of the first transition wall and extending horizontally along the length of the half-pipe from the near end of the half-pipe to the far end of the half-pipe;
- c. a second track disposed above said half-pipe outside of the second transition wall and extending horizontally along the length of the half-pipe from the near end of the half-pipe to the far end of the half-pipe;
- d. a third track extending laterally between said first track and said second track;
- e. a first fastener disposed on said first track and adapted to ride freely along said first track and fixedly attached to a first end of said third track;
- f. a second fastener disposed on said second track and adapted to ride freely along said second track and fixedly attached to a second end of said third track;
- g. a third fastener disposed on said third track and adapted to ride freely along said track;
- h. a cord comprising a top end and a bottom end wherein said top end is fixedly attached to said third fastener;
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- i. a harnessing apparatus fixedly attached to the bottom end of said cord.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.