Patents by Inventor Toralf Skade

Toralf Skade 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).

  • Catching device for a system for protecting persons working at heights
    Patent number: 6457556
    Abstract: A damping element for a catching carriage for damping the catching impact in the event of a fall of a user from a height includes a first end adapted to be connected to the carriage and a lug disposed at a second end adapted to be connected to a catching belt secured to the user. The damping element is releasably fixed in a non-rectilinear shape by at least one frangible link dimensioned for releasing the damping element from its non-rectilinear shape when a certain load is applied, so that it can damp the catching impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Soll GmbH
    Inventors: Toralf Skade, Ronald Mickan