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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE0
THURSTON A. WILKERSON, OF BONHAM, TEXAS.
ROOF-CLIMBER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 8, 1910.
Application filed August 8, 1910. Serial No. 576,125.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THURsToN A. WILKER-
SON, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Bonham, in the county of Fannin and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Roof-Climbers,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to devices to be worn
by roof painters, shinglers and the like, on
3 0 steep pitched roofs, and has for its object the
provision of a device that is simple in con-
struction and effective in operation, and hav-
ing a. large number of engaging points or
members the weight of the wearer is distrib-
15 uted so as to not damage the roof nor endan-
ger the safety of the wearer.
My invention will be fully described here-
inafter and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings in which:
20 Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my
improved roof climber, Fig. 2, a front view,
and Fig. 3, a rear view.
In the drawings similar reference char-
acters indicate corresponding parts in all of
25 the views.
My improved roof climber consists of a
foot support having a horizontal portion 1
on which the foot rests and is secured by toe
and instep straps 2 and 3 and a heel socket 4,
30 and upright portions 5 formed integrally
with the horizontal portion 1, and having its
lower edge inclined at an angle of substan-
tially forty-five degrees to the perpendicular.
The lower edges of upright portions 5 are
.35 formed with integral lateral flanges 6 to
which are secured the climbing rods 7.
Climbing rods 7 have their front ends curved
back on themselves and formed with engag-
ing points 8 and their rear ends formed with
40 engaging points 9 and 10, the points 9 ex-
tending downwardly so as to engage the roof
when the wearer is standing upright, while
the points 10 are formed with their engaging
ends extending rearwardly to coperate with
45 a hook shaped point 11 on the heel-socket 4
to support the wearer when in a sitting po-
sition on the roof. Furthermore the rear-
wardly extending points 10 serve to limit the
engaging movement of the points 9 when the
50 wearer is standing or walking on the roof,
while the downwardly extending points 9
serve the same function for the points 10
when the wearer is sitting.
12 indicates a laterally extending bracebar connecting the rods 7 adjacent to their 55
rear ends.
In operation it will be understood that my
improved climber may be used on roofs of
varying pitch without inconvenience to the
wearer, the differences in pitch changing the 60
position of the climber so slightly that the
usefulness of the climber is not impaired.
Furthermore as there are a plurality of en-
gaging points to support a wearer, either
standing or sitting, his weight is distributed 65
over a considerable area of roof surface so
that the shingles will not be broken or dam-
aged by the use of the climber.
Having thus described my invention what
I claim is-- 70
1. In a roof climber, a foot support, climb-
ing rods secured to said support, a plurality
of engaging points, on the ends of each rod,
the points on one of the rod ends pointing in
two directions so as to support the wearer in 75
either of two positions.
2. In a roof climber, a foot support, climb-
ing rods secured to said support, the front
ends of said rods bent back on themselves
and formed with a plurality of engaging 80
points, the rear ends of the rods formed
with a plurality of engaging points a part of
which extend downwardly and the remainder
rearwardly.
3. A roof climber comprising a foot sup- 85
port consisting of a horizontal portion pro-
vided with a heel socket and foot-securing
means, and downwardly extending upright
portions formed integral with the horizontal
portion, the lower edges of said upright por- 90
tions formed inclined, climbing rods secured
to the inclined edges of said upright por-
tions, the front ends of said rods bent back
on themselves and formed with a plurality
of engaging points, the rear ends of the rods 95
formed with a plurality of engaging points
part of which extend downwardly to coper-
ate with the points on the front end, and the
remainder extend rearwardly, and an engag-
ing point on the back of the heel socket to 100
cooperate with the rearwardly extending
points on the rear ends of the climbing rods.
In testimony whereof, I hereto afx my
signature in the presence of two witnesses.
THURSTON A. WILKERSON.
Witnesses:
WILL HARKINS,
N. F. KEETON.974,941.
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Wilkerson, Thurston A. Roof-Climber., patent, November 8, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512689/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.