Patents by Inventor Clifford Woodyard

Clifford Woodyard 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: 6035440
    Abstract: A safety vest incorporates a safety harness between a vest inner lining and a vest outer shell with attachment couplers and rings incorporated in the vest in vest pockets that store the attachment couplers and rings out of sight in communicating between harness and a lanyard external to the vest. Thus, the attachment rings are stored in vest pockets except during use, making the vest appear as a normal garment suitable for general wear off a work location or during general harness nonuse periods. Storing the rings in vest pockets also avoids the rings becoming annoyances or hazards. The harness is multiuse and versatile with attachment rings and couplers in various locations on the harness so a wearer can move between different applications, including a ring on the dorsal back for use in fall arrest, rings on waist sides so the vest can be used for work positioning, a coupler at the sternum, a ring at the waist buckle for repel attachments, and leg straps for support below the waist when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Guardian Fall Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford Woodyard
  • Patent number: 6009973
    Abstract: An anchor point fixture comprising 2 pivotably-joined opposing jaws form a rail slot between them adapted to receive a rail head with the rail passing between spaced-apart jaw lower portions, secured in a selective closed position to accommodate rails of differing cross section. The fixture is adjustable in size by means of a plurality of holes on a common arc on each upper portion of the opposing jaw, the holes spaced apart on a first jaw different that are the holes spaced apart on the second jaw to provide a wide range of finely adjustable close positions. A pin passes through a pair of aligned holes, one from each jaw. The jaw lower portions are massive to provide ballast and a center of gravity below the rail slot, and a D-ring for connecting a harness carabiner is affixed close above the rail slot, both to minimize binding as the fixture is pulled from the D-ring by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Guardian Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford Woodyard
  • Patent number: RE37394
    Abstract: A safety vest incorporates a safety harness between a vest inner lining and a vest outer shell with attachment couplers and rings incorporated in the vest in vest pockets that store the attachment couplers and rings out of sight in communicating between harness and a lanyard external to the vest. Thus, the attachment rings are stored in vest pockets except during use, making the vest appear as a normal garment suitable for general wear off a work location or during general harness nonuse periods. Storing the rings in vest pockets also avoids the rings becoming annoyances or hazards. The harness is multiuse and versatile with attachment rings and couplers in various locations on the harness so a wearer can move between different applications, including a ring on the dorsal back for use in fall arrest, rings on waist sides so the vest can be used for work positioning, a coupler at the sternum, a ring at the waist buckle for repel attachments, and leg straps for support below the waist when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Guardian Fall Protection, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford Woodyard