Patents by Inventor Ward Woodard, Jr.

Ward Woodard, 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).

  • Motion-stopping safety system for workers
    Patent number: 5036949
    Abstract: A motion-stopping safety system for persons, workers, and in one embodiment for roof workers. A gripping anchor for gripping a structural member useful in such systems. In one embodiment a gripping anchor has a C-shaped body member with facing members secured thereto and a line connection device, e.g. an opening or a clevis, shackle, or metal loop, connected to the body member. In one embodiment a motion-stopping safety system uses two or more such anchors between which extend a rope, line, cable, etc., and to which a person's safety tether is movably or immovably attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Clarence L. Crocker, Ward Woodard, Jr., Howard C. Hewett, Jr.