Patents by Inventor Bart Maes

Bart Maes 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: 8001904
    Abstract: A fall arrest assembly having belay lines and anchor stations extending between support structures and which slidably receive a shuttle mounted to a person traversing the belay lines, the assembly including a mounting plate having a plurality of openings therethrough and a supporting extension fixed rigidly thereto and wherein the support extension carries a shuttle guide coupled to the belay lines and configured for slidable passage of a shuttle there over, and a plurality of anchor elements having a section configured to extend through the plurality of openings in the mounting plate and clamps for securing the anchor elements to the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Exponent Challenge Technology
    Inventors: Koen Maes, Bart Maes
  • Publication number: 20100108440
    Abstract: A fall arrest assembly having belay lines (3) and anchor stations (4) extending between objects (2) which is adapted to slidably receive a shuttle (10) coupled to a person traversing the belay lines (3), the assembly (1) comprising a mounting plate (6) defining a plurality of openings (7) therethrough, characterized in that the assembly (1) further comprises: —a support extension (8) fixed rigidly to said mounting plate (6), said support extension (8) carrying a shuttle guide (9) thereon; —said shuttle guide (9) configured for slidable passage of a shuttle (10) thereover and further configured to be coupled to the belay lines (3), a plurality of anchor elements (11) having a section configured to extend through said plurality of openings (7) in said mounting plate (6), means of clamping the anchor elements (11) around an object (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: EXPONENT CHALLENGE TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Koen Maes, Bart Maes