Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Safety device for ground-supported ladder
Patent
1990-04-09
1991-11-26
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Safety device for ground-supported ladder
182 93, 24171, 24194, E06C 536
Patent
active
050675885
ABSTRACT:
A system for holding a ladder in a secure position relative to an object against which the ladder rests. The system comprises a strap that contacts the ladder and the object and secures the ladder to the object. The system is also comprised of a first buckle and a second buckle, with each buckle being able to be placed at a desired position on the strap. Each end of the strap passes through a respective buckle and is positioned about a side rail of the ladder. The present invention also pertains to a buckle for holding a strap. The buckle comprises a first member having a first hole. Additionally, the buckle is comprised of a second member having a second hole. There is also a third member having a third hole. The third member is in sliding relationship with the first and second members such that the first side of the third member can slide over the first hole and contact the strap extending therethrough. A second side of the third member can slide over the second hole and contact the strap extending therethrough. Moreover, a third hole can be defined between the first and second members which the strap can extend and which the first and second members can hold when they slide toward each other along the third member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4545460 (1985-10-01), Byrd
patent: 4792016 (1988-12-01), Ingalsbe
Machado Reinaldo P.
R. D. Werner Co., Inc.
Schwartz Ansel M.
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