LADDER SAFETY SEAT

• US 20100155176A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Chimney Corporation (Global Dominion Access SA)
• Original Assignee: International Chimney Corporation (Global Dominion Access SA)
• Inventors: Fila, Carl, LOHR, RICHARD T., Suitor, Jason
• Application Number:
  US12/341,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20100155176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/113
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/16 Platforms on, or for use on, ladders, e.g. liftable or lowerable platforms aspects relating to the lifting B66F
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 7/186 Rail or rope for guiding a safety attachment, e.g. a fall arrest system
• CPC Class Codes: E06C 9/02 rigidly mounted

Abstract

This is a safety rest seat for permanent attachment to a lengthy ladder. A plurality of these safety seats is installed at different intervals on the ladder to provide resting areas for the climber, as needed, as he or she climbs upward or downward. The seat in an active seating position rests upon horizontal, permanently secured seat supports. Once the climber lifts out of his or her seated position on the seat, the safety seat portion will automatically rotate upwardly into an inactive, out of the way position so that it does not obstruct the climbing path. A counterweight is located at a rear section of the seat which automatically causes the seat to rotate upwardly to an inactive position when no downward pressure (or a seated user) is no longer exerted upon the seat.

Claims

1. A safety seat assembly enabled to be permanently secured to a ladder, said safety seat assembly comprising:

two horizontal seat supports with extensions perpendicular to ladder side rails permanently connected to said ladder,

a seat section configured to rest upon and supported by said horizontal seat supports when said seat section is in a down, usable position,

said seat section at a back portion rotates upward away from said horizontal seat supports,

said seat section comprising at said back portion a counterweight, said counterweight configured to cause said seat section to automatically rotate upwardly and out of the way when any downward pressure upon said seat section is released.

2. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said seat section is in an active seating position when resting on said horizontal seat supports and has a front and said back portion, said front portion not extending to a front terminal part of said horizontal seat supports and thereby forming a front space to accommodate leg space for a seated user.

3. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said seat section in an active position when resting on said horizontal seat supports has a front and said back portion, said back portion configured to extend beyond and overhang a back portion of said horizontal seat supports, said overhang comprising said counterweight.

4. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein a side and back guard rail extends upwardly from said seat section and provides safety security for side or back sliding of a user.

5. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein an overhang of said seat section extends beyond a rear terminal portion of a back guard rail.

6. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said seat section rotates on a pivoting hinge located between the two supports and at a rear portion of said horizontal seat supports.

7. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said seat is securely attached to said ladder side rails by side brackets.

8. The safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein said seat section when in an active seating position has a leg space adjacent its front section and an overhang at its back section.

9. A safety seat enabled to be permanently secured to a ladder, said safety seat comprising:

two horizontal seat supports with extensions perpendicular to ladder side rails permanently connected to said ladder,

a seat section configured to rest upon and supported by said horizontal seat supports when said seat section is in a down usable or active position,

said seat section at a back portion rotates upward away from said horizontal seat supports to an inactive position,

said seat section comprising at said back portion a counterweight, said counterweight configured to cause said seat section to automatically rotate upwardly and out of the way to an inactive position when any downward pressure upon said seat section is released,

a plurality of said safety seats configured to be installed at vertical intervals of said ladder to provide thereby several resting levels for a ladder climber, and

said safety seats configured to automatically rotate upwardly to said inactive position after said climber leaves said safety seat to continue climbing, said safety seat configured to stay in said inactive position until a climber again moves it into an active seating position.

10. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein said seat section in an active seating position when resting on said horizontal seat supports has a front and said back portion, said front portion not extending to a front terminal part of said horizontal seat supports and thereby forming a front space to accommodate leg space for a seated user.

11. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein said seat section in an active position when resting on said horizontal seat supports has a front and said back portion, said back portion configured to extend beyond and overhang a back portion of said horizontal seat supports, said overhang comprising said counterweight.

12. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein a guard rail on the sides and back extends upwardly from said seat section and provides safety security for side or back sliding of a user.

13. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein an overhang of said seat section extends beyond a rear terminal portion of a back guard rail.

14. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein said seat section rotates on a pivoting hinge located between the two supports and at a rear portion of said horizontal seat supports.

15. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein said seat is securely attached to said ladder side rails by side brackets.

16. The safety seat of claim 9 wherein said seat section when in an active seating position has a leg space adjacent to its front section and a counterweighted overhang at its back section.