Patents by Inventor Thomas Swierski

Thomas Swierski 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: 20070114095
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positioning and safety lanyard device, for use in the prevention of falls from an elevated height, comprised of: two loops or substantially looped portions, a fixed loop and an adjustable loop, the adjustable loop having a pull side with which to either, while the wire positioning and safety lanyard device is in use, shorten or lengthen the adjustable loop depending on the direction of pull; crimped, no-slide wire holders or the like; slidable wire holders or the like; a knot configuration with which the fixed loop and the adjustable loop are adjoined; and spring-loaded clasps or the like at each end of the positioning and safety lanyard device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Swierski, Robert Swierski
  • Publication number: 20060101783
    Abstract: The present invention provides a column climbing device for climbing structural steel columns having flanges and the like. The column climbing device includes a platform member having a toe portion and a foot portion, the toe portion of the platform member including a first interior surface and a second interior surface together defining a substantially-rectangular notch open to one side of the toe portion of the platform member, the first interior surface and the second interior surface in a fixed parallel orientation with respect to one another, wherein the substantially-rectangular notch is configured to frictionally engage a flange of a column through one or more intervening hardened plate members. The column climbing device also includes one or more attachment mechanisms attached to the foot portion of the platform member for securing the platform member to a foot of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Swierski, Thomas Swierski
  • Publication number: 20060080906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a column climbing device for climbing structural steel columns having flanges and the like. The column climbing device includes a platform member having a toe portion and a foot portion, the toe portion of the platform member including a first interior surface and a second interior surface together defining a substantially-rectangular notch open to one side of the toe portion of the platform member, the first interior surface and the second interior surface in a fixed parallel orientation with respect to one another, wherein the substantially-rectangular notch is configured to frictionally engage a flange of a column. The column climbing device also includes one or more attachment mechanisms attached to the foot portion of the platform member for securing the platform member to a foot of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Swierski, Thomas Swierski
  • Patent number: 5509209
    Abstract: In a projected light plumb device which is buoyantly supported within a fluid-filled container on a float platform which is horizontally supported by the fluid, an improvement wherein the float platform is inclined upwardly from its outer diameter to its inner diameter on its lower surface which rests in the fluid to allow any developed air bubbles on the lower surface of the float platform to escape. Improvements also include a locator plate to align the container. The locator plant has apertures to view and align a locator mark on the surface on which the device is placed with indicia on the locator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Gail Marie Tartaro
    Inventor: Thomas Swierski
  • Patent number: 5184406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to projected light plumb device generally utilized in vertically aligning a floor position with a corresponding ceiling position in which a light projecting device is buoyantly supported within a fluid filled container. The light projecting device is selectively mounted on a float platform which is horizontally supported by the fluid in such a manner that regardless of the floor's inclination, the light projecting device will transmit a beam of light along a perfectly vertical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Inventor: Thomas Swierski