Patent SG-11201909502S-A (SG)
Title: Modular ladder
Inventor: KAPLAN STEFAN BJØRN URUP
IPC: E06C7/50
Filed: 2018-04-18
Abstract: International Patent Classification: E06C 9/02 (2006.01) E06C 7/00 (2006.01) E06C 1/10 (2006.01) E06C 7/50 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 25 October 2018 (25.10.2018) WIP0 I PCT mu °million °nolo moiciolomim Kuno (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/192956 Al PCT/EP2018/059870 (22) International Filing Date: 18 April 2018 (18.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 17166906.2 18 April 2017 (18.04.2017) EP (71) Applicant: PORT-SAFETY APS [DK/DK]; Kronprin- sensvej 33, 2., 2000 Frederiksberg (DK). (72) Inventors: KAPLAN, Stefan Bjorn Urup; Madvigs Al- l& 13, 3. tv., 1829 Frederiksberg C (DK). MYRHOJ, Lars Techt; Kronprinsensvej 33, 2., 2000 Frederiksberg (DK). (74) Agent: AWA DENMARK A/S; Strandgade 56, 1401 Copenhagen K (DK). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4. 17(ii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: MODULAR LADDER (57) : Disclosed is a modular safety ladder comprising a number of rungs con- necting a first and a second guide rail, and an upper ladder module and a lower ladder module, said modular safety ladder being able to be arranged in an un-assembled config- uration, in which said upper ladder module is un-attached to said lower ladder module, and an assembled configuration, in which said upper ladder module is attached to said lower ladder module, wherein each ladder module comprises a first and a second guide rail portion, and a rung connecting the first and second guide rail portions, wherein the modular safety ladder further comprises a spacer, the spacer in the assembled configura- tion being positioned to space apart the first guide rail portion of the upper ladder module from the first guide rail portion of the lower ladder module, and a tightening device which in the assembled configuration upon activation pulls said ladder modules towards each other, wherein at least a part of the spacer in the assembled configuration is positioned between a surface of the first guide rail portion of the upper ladder module and an oppo- site surface of the first guide rail portion of the lower ladder module so that tightening of the tightening device will squeeze or pinch or compress said at least a part of the spacer between said surfaces.