SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CARRYING AND DEPLOYING SUBJECTS INTO INTENDED SPACES

摘要

The present invention provides a quick, tactical, and safe means to deploy a Law Enforcement or Search and Rescue canine into an attic or other intended space to conduct a search and/or for the apprehension of a criminal suspect. The invention includes an anchor preferably adapted to lock onto a common support structure encountered in various forms of construction, e.g., 2″ board or joist as typically used to build the rafter systems of attic spaces. A clevis attached to the anchor is threaded to accept a pole for remote deployment. Also attached to the anchoring device by a carabiner is the top pulley. A lift rope is threaded through the top pulley allowing the user on the ground or lower floor to quickly lift a dog into an attic with minimal exposure to harm, e.g., a suspect or dangerous condition/environment. The lift rope engages a lower pulley allowing a subject to be safely and easily lifted by one user. Attached to the lower pulley by a second carabiner is a snap-shackle release system which allows the user to disengage the dog from the device remotely once the canine has reached the floor of the attic or intended space.

主权项

1. An anchor assembly intended for locking engagement with an exposed building support frame member, the assembly comprising:
a c-shaped anchor having an opening adapted to receive a frame member and a set of engagement teeth adapted to lockingly engage a surface of the frame member whereby the anchor when in an anchored position is adapted to support a subject; and a clevis attached at one end to the anchor, the anchor and clevis being attached so as to permit articulation of the anchor relative to the clevis, whereby with the clevis being positioned adjacent the frame member the anchor articulates to position the opening to receive the frame member and to engage the teeth with the surface of the frame member to achieve locking engagement of the anchor with the frame member.