Patents by Inventor Michael Campesi

Michael Campesi 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).

  • Ladder safety apparatus
    Patent number: 8353387
    Abstract: A safety accessory for use with a ladder to slow the speed of an accidental fall of a worker, who works in an elevated position. The accessory has a C-shaped track member and a slide body that moves inside the track member. The worker's harness is secured to the slide body. Contact surfaces of the track member and the slide member are serrated to slow the speed of an accidental fall. A plurality of locking wedge members is positioned in the channel formed by the track member to further decrease the speed of an accidental fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: M.A. Campesi Family Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Edgar G. Vollenweider, Michael Campesi
  • Ladder safety apparatus
    Publication number: 20100044151
    Abstract: A safety accessory for use with a ladder to slow the speed of an accidental fall of a worker, who works in an elevated position. The accessory has a C-shaped track member and a slide body that moves inside the track member. The worker's harness is secured to the slide body. Contact surfaces of the track member and the slide member are serrated to slow the speed of an accidental fall. A plurality of locking wedge members is positioned in the channel formed by the track member to further decrease the speed of an accidental fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Edgar G. Vollenweider, Michael Campesi