Patent ID: 9245434
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B66F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A safety protection system for aerial lift apparatus comprising: a personnel support platform for supporting and moving personnel to a desired work location; an interface monitoring unit mounted to the personnel support platform for receiving and transmitting data, the interface monitoring unit having a microprocessor, a software application executable on the microprocessor, a memory storage device, a plurality of data ports, the software application having a communications protocol, and the software application displayable through a user interface; a plurality of equipment condition detectors located on the personnel support platform of the aerial lift apparatus and communicating with the interface monitoring unit using the communications protocol of the software application; a data server for at least one of receiving, storing and transmitting data and commands in communicating using the software application with the interface monitoring unit; and wherein a first of the plurality of equipment condition detectors provides a first operational condition to the interface monitoring unit indicating the activation of the up and down switch of the personnel support platform; wherein a second of the plurality of equipment condition detectors provides a fault condition to the interface monitoring unit indicating the detachment of a safety lanyard; wherein the providing of the fault condition from the second of the plurality of equipment condition detectors results in the interface monitoring unit issuing a warning that will repeat until the fault condition is cured; wherein the interface monitoring unit provides for transmitting to the data server the first operational condition from the first of the plurality of equipment condition detectors with the date and time, the fault condition from the second of the plurality of equipment condition detectors with the date and time, and a fault infraction message that is repeatedly sent at intervals after the warning is issue until the fault condition is cured; and wherein the second of the plurality of equipment condition detectors provides a second operational condition to the interface monitoring unit indicating the attachment of the safety lanyard which results in the interface monitoring unit stopping the issuing of the warning and logging of the fault infraction message; wherein the interface monitoring unit provides for transmitting to the data server the operational condition from the second of the plurality of equipment condition detectors with the date and time; and wherein the data server is provided with at least one information logging database that logs the date and time the data is received by the data server from the interface monitoring unit on the personnel support platform to the database and organizes the data according to predetermined categories to have the data available for review.