Patents by Inventor Horace O. Burgess, Jr.

Horace O. Burgess, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5758743
    Abstract: A new Personal Safety lanyard Roof Attachment Apparatus for providing a convenient, versatile and secure system for preventing a worker from falling off a roof structure. The inventive device includes a top bar including a coupling adapted for retaining a personal safety lanyard, a pair of end supports each pivotally connected to the top bar at opposite ends thereof, a pair of crossbars interconnecting the pair of end supports, and a pair of clamping members secured to each of the pair of crossbars, wherein the clamping members are adapted for clamping the present invention to a roof structure. A pair of roof adaptor members are provided for securing the present invention to a finished roof structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Inventors: David W. Coyle, Horace O. Burgess, Jr.