Patents Assigned to Werner Co.
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Patent number: 11584586Abstract: A storage container with a drain feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the storage container includes an inner compartment having a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, a vertical post extending from the bottom wall, the vertical post having at least one opening formed on a front side, and at least one latch rod formed on a back side, and a drain feature positioned the back side of the vertical post, the drain feature including a guard, a ramp, and a sump. The drain feature interacts with the at least one latch rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: WERNER CO.Inventors: Sang Oh, Michael Gong, Robert A. Bergum, Jose R. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20230014482Abstract: A work platform includes a plank which telescopes to a desired width. The work platform includes a first leg assembly rotatably attached adjacent to a first end of the plank. The work platform includes a second leg assembly rotatably attached adjacent to a second end of the plank. The plank is in an open position when the plank is supported by the first leg assembly and second leg assembly and the first leg assembly and second leg assembly form an angle greater than 25 degrees with the plank. The plank is in a closed position when the first leg assembly and second leg assembly are adjacent to and in parallel with the plank. A method for using a work platform. A method for producing a work platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Carla Ramalho, Devin Hughes, Slavisa Dacic, John Maher, Dave Pozgay, Michael Melton
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Patent number: 11536087Abstract: The present invention pertains to a stepladder. The stepladder includes a ladder top having a surface having a front side and a rear side and a left side and a right side and a front side flange and a rear side flange and a left side flange and a right side flange. The stepladder includes a conduit holder slot for holding tubing, pipe and conduit. The conduit holder slot extends along the length of the surface and in the surface's right side and the left side. The conduit holder slot has a cross-section in the ladder top which is non-symmetrical. The stepladder includes a front section. The stepladder includes a rear section. A method for cutting a tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Robert C. Tiber, Joseph C. Dangrow, Tracee A. Leonardson
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Publication number: 20220381046Abstract: A scaffold having a structure assembly. The scaffold has a frame attached to the assembly. The frame having a deck upon which a user can stand that is disposed inside the rectangle. The deck has a plans table. The plans table has a closed position in which the plans table is flat and can support a weight of a user standing on the plans table, and has an open position in which the plans table is at an angle on which plans, drawings or documents can be placed on the plans table for viewing by a user standing on ground. A scaffold having connectors. A method of using a scaffold. A method for connecting a first scaffold to a second scaffold. A method for making a scaffold with connectors. A method for making a scaffold having a plans table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: James Qiao, Claire Armenoff, Jerry Lauricella
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Publication number: 20220372819Abstract: A ladder having a first front rail. The ladder has a second front rail in parallel and spaced relation with the first front rail. The ladder as a first rung attached to and positioned between the first front rail and the second front rail. The ladder as a receptacle attached to the ladder which is adapted to receive a battery. The receptacle having electrical contacts for the battery and an electrical outlet. The ladder has a wiring harness attached to the ladder and electrically connected to the electrical outlet to receive electricity from the battery. A method for providing electricity from a ladder. A method for making a ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Patrick McAuliffe, Thomas W. Parker
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Patent number: 11486199Abstract: A ladder for a user to climb and which holds a rag includes a first rail having a top and a second rail and rungs attached to the first rail and second rail. The ladder includes an end cap that is attached adjacent to the top of the first rail. The end cap having an attachment portion which attaches to the first rail and a cover portion which covers over the first rail, and extends from the attachment portion. The cover portion having a rag holder. The ladder includes a pad attached to the back of the cover portion which contacts a surface against which the first rail leans against so as not to mar or scratch or damage the surface. An end cap. A method.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Daniel C. Mora, Robert Beggs, Brent Sedlacek, James Anthony Jacobs
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Patent number: 11473318Abstract: A work platform system having a first work platform. The system having a first bracket attached to the first scaffold and extending below and outward beyond the first scaffold between the first rail and the second rail of the first leg assembly. The system having a second bracket attached to the first scaffold and extending below and outward beyond the first scaffold between the first rail and the second rail of the first leg assembly. The system having a second work platform. The first end of the second scaffold is disposed on the first bracket and the second bracket with the first bracket and the second bracket extending between the first rung of the third leg assembly and the second scaffold. A method for using a work platform system.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Steve Woodward, Joseph C. Dangrow, Michael A. Somerfield
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Patent number: 11446526Abstract: An expansion bolt and pivot and swivel mechanism therefor. The expansion bolt may have a base and a plurality of radially spreadable elongate elastic members cantileveredly projecting from the base at respective points of joinder to the base and terminating in respective spoons at respective points of joinder of the spoons, wherein the elongate elastic members have respective radially defined thicknesses at the points of joinder to the base that are substantially less than the corresponding thicknesses of the base, and respective radially defined thicknesses at the points of joinder of the spoons that are substantially less than the corresponding thicknesses of the spoons.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Karl Guthrie, Ivan A. J. Kekahuna
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Publication number: 20220282501Abstract: A work platform system having a first work platform. The first work platform having a first hook assembly and a first latch assembly. The system having a second work platform. The second work platform having a second hook assembly and a second latch assembly. The first work platform locked to the second work platform through the first hook assembly engaging with the second latch assembly and the first hook assembly in the use position. A method for using a work platform system. A method for producing a work platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Fang Chen, Liang He, Ling Zhu
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Publication number: 20220249887Abstract: A harness spacer includes a base having a first outer slot, a second outer slot, and a central slot, wherein the first outer slot, the second outer slot, and the central slot form an H-shape, a first arched member extending from the base and creating a first opening, and a second arched member extending from the base and creating a second opening, wherein the base is composed of a pliable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: WERNER CO.Inventors: Tracee Leonardson, Cody Rappoport, Justin Patton
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Publication number: 20220220805Abstract: A multipurpose ladder having a first pulley attached adjacent a top of a first base right rail. The ladder includes a first anchor attached adjacent a bottom of the first fly right rail. The ladder comprises a first cable having a free end and a fixed end. The fixed end attached to the first anchor. The first cable extending from the first anchor about the first pulley and past the first pulley so the free end extends past the first pulley. When the free end is pulled, the first fly right rail is moved relative to the first base right rail by the first cable engaged with the first pulley and the fixed end attached to the first anchor. A method for using a multipurpose ladder. A method for producing a multipurpose ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Tek Lentine, Thomas W. Parker, David S. Pozgay
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Publication number: 20220205321Abstract: An extension ladder including a base section and an intermediate fly section. The intermediate fly section slidably attached to the base section. The extension ladder including a top fly section. The top fly section sliding attached to the intermediate fly. The extension ladder including a handle having a first strap portion attached to the base section having a first buckle portion, and a second strap portion attached to the top fly section having a second buckle portion that engages with the first buckle portion when the base section, intermediate fly section and top fly section are in a folded state where they essentially form a shape of a cube so the base section, intermediate fly section and top fly section can be lifted by the handle. The present invention pertains to a method of moving an extension ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Preston L. Gealy, Kevin L. McIntire, Robert D. Beggs
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Publication number: 20220176173Abstract: A housing for a self-retracting lifeline includes an outer area disposed on a portion of a first side of the housing, the outer area being planar, a label area stepped down from the outer area, an outer perimeter of the label area corresponding to an inner perimeter of the outer area, and a number of protruding members disposed at least on a portion of the first side of the housing and being stepped up from the outer area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: WERNER CO.Inventor: Ivan D. Lopez
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Publication number: 20220120137Abstract: A ceiling ladder having a plurality of sections that can be climbed by a user when in an unfolded position into an attic and that can be folded together into a retracted position to be stored above the ceiling. The ladder has a deep step, which has a width greater than the width of other steps of the ladder, in which is located between about 2-5 feet from the floor when the ladder is in the unfolded position so user can stand on the deep step in place objects into the attic without having to climb into the attic. A method. A deep step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventors: Steve Woodward, Shannon Lessner, Thomas Parker
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Publication number: 20220112768Abstract: An accessory for a ladder rail with a rung having a housing to be removably and fixedly attached to the rail. The accessory having an elongate member attached to the housing and extending beyond the housing. The accessory having a first locking assembly attached to the housing having a lock state which locks the housing to the rail, and an unlocked state which unlocks the housing from the rail so the housing is able to be removed from the rail. A method for attaching an accessory to a ladder rail with a rung. A ladder having an accessory for leaning against an edge, such as a roof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Werner Co.Inventor: Ivan D. Lopez
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Patent number: D948412Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: WERNER CO.Inventors: Tek Lentine, Peter Edwards, Maynard Payumo, William Eugene Rabbitt, Vikki Nowak, Robert Soreo
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Patent number: D958540Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: WERNER CO.Inventors: Sang Oh, Michael Gong, Robert A. Bergum, Jose R. Rodriguez
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Patent number: D966558Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Werner Co.Inventors: Michael T. Melton, Thomas Murray, Thomas J. Dooley, Daniel Massam, Ryan W. Duever
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Patent number: D968927Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: WERNER CO., RYADON INC.Inventors: Ryan A. Mantell, Michael W. Bykowski, Brian Winland, Kai Chen
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Patent number: D976193Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: WERNER CO.Inventors: Tek Lentine, Peter Edwards, Maynard Payumo, William Eugene Rabbitt, Vikki Nowak, Robert Soreo