Patents by Inventor Steven C. Nichols, Jr.

Steven C. Nichols, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20140251724
    Abstract: A fall-arrest anchor comprising a single, elongated member having a breaking strength more than 5,000 lb (22.5 kN). The single, elongated member comprises a first anchor portion sized and configured for attachment to a building and a second worker-attachment portion sized and configured for attachment to a worker's lifeline. The first anchor portion is at least about twice as long as the second worker-attachment portion, and the first anchor portion and the second worker-attachment portion are joined at an angle such that subjecting the fall-arrest anchor to a fall-arrest stress load visibly deforms the fall-arrest anchor and visibly changes the angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Steven C. Nichols, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130248284
    Abstract: Full body safety harnesses for fall arrest comprising a substantially rigid, resilient and water-resistant core throughout substantially the entire body harness frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventor: Steven C. Nichols, JR.
  • Patent number: 4761201
    Abstract: A self contained apparatus is utilized for direct movement on and across a roof surface to lay on the roof surface a continuous sheet or roofing material being removed from a roll guided at each of its ends by this apparatus, and being heated, before being removed, by a heating assembly pivotally supported by the apparatus and pivotally adjusted, so the distance between the roll and the heating assembly is maintained. An inclined A frame of the apparatus has a handle at its apex, and bottom opening slots at its lower ends to fit over the ends of a shaft on which the roll of roofing material is positioned. There is a depending wheel assembly below the handle serving to complete the triangular support of this self contained apparatus. The inclined A frame is pivoted about the wheel assembly to clear the bottom opening slots from the shaft ends and vice versa, when a roll of roofing material is being supplied, withdrawn, and/or adjusted to a different set of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Inventor: Steven C. Nichols, Jr.