Reed, I really have no idea of the details, it's just interesting to me to see the webbing on the new haas, just like saka. For the record I aint no knee ascender dude anyways, just seemed odd.
I cannot copy something that is infringing on my patent. that just does not make sense. imagine you were in my shoes. anyway using webbing was the only way to incorporate the pulley at the bottom. I was working on the Velox before he made the copy. it takes time and money to make things happen, especially with you have little money and less time! as far as Richard being "legal", patent are not criminal they are Civil. do I have a patent, yes, does Richard make a product that I could make a case that he is infringing, Yes I believe I can. and the lawyers from every tree supply house in country agree with me.. I did not "lawyer up" I have a patent, and mr Mumford refused to honor it, however all the supply companies have. is it illegal to copy a patent product? that depenends on what you mean by legal.. will the police come and bust your doors down, the answer is no. however if I did decide to take him to court, and I won he would be forced to pay restitution. I am the kinda guy that honors patents and does not want to be in a position where I could be taken to court, and I don't want to copy other peoples ideas. this is where Mr Mumford and I apparently have differing views. its interesting to me that I have been accused of suing people, that has never happened. when I got my patent, I made all the supply houses aware, and that choose to honor my work, my efforts and my creativity. and for that I am very thankful. you know Sherrill takes a beating on here, but they were the most honest and the first to honor my situation. not for a second did I suspect they would copy it. what is interesting is how the industry has reacted. when Richard made his there were comments about his cottage industry and good for him and all this. as I was reading those comments i was ironically sitting in my basement at midnight between jobs splicing and designing. And I have to admit I went dark. at that time it seemed like it was him agains me. and on here its a he said/ he said mess. so I pushed further, I did my due diligence, got my patent, which proved to the world that it was in fact my idea, and I kinda thought that would be the end of it. its kinda funny I had just watched a documentary on patents, and when a patent was issued the person trying to swoop it stopped, and big companies too! . i thought it would mean something to him. but it did not. thankfully it meant something to my distributors. if it was not for them standing up for what was right, my family would have been on the streets.. ( he has more resources than I do, time and money) I honestly hope I never have to sue anyone. ever in my life, for anything. its not my style. but I am now in a position where I have employees who are relying on me, and they do not understand why I have not done it yet, my family does not understand why I have not.. and ironically i get on here and someone seems to be saying I already did.
and that is why I have not been posting stuff up. to be honest I kinda wish I had. my company would be bigger and healthier and I could do better bigger things, and do them faster.
