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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Inventus Holdings, Llc, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Gary M. Garcia, Hobe Sound, FL (US);
Grayling Vander Velde, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Inventus Holdings, LLC, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A safety system may include a shield for protecting or shielding personnel operating in a personnel working area from a hazard provided on a structure. The structure may be a wind turbine, the hazard may be a projecting flange of the wind turbine tower, and the personnel working area may be a ladder inside the wind turbine tower. The shield may have a bend or curvature when installed in order to cover the hazard. The shield may include a plurality of wings projecting from an intermediary portion of the shield. The wings may be separated from each other by a wing gap. Other structures, working areas, and hazards are contemplated and described in the disclosure.