Patents by Inventor Jonathan Michael Cogzell

Jonathan Michael Cogzell 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).

  • Safety device
    Patent number: 6474442
    Abstract: A personal safety device (10) adapted for longitudinal movement relative to an elongate support element (50) comprises a body (11) having a bore (12) for receiving the element (50), a slipper (20) mounted on the body (11) the slipper (20) having a surface (21) oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bore (12), and connector (30) connected to the slipper (20) and being adapted at its other end (31) for connection to a personal safety harness. Slipper (20) is movable between first and second positions in response to sudden loading of the connector (30). In the first position, surface (21) allows free passage element (50) through the bore (12). When slipper (20) is in the second position, surface (21) clamps element (50) firmly to body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Latchways PLC.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Fraser Atkinson, Jonathan Michael Cogzell