Safety anchor assembly of fall-protection lifeline system for workers

A safety-anchor assembly of a fall-protection lifeline system for workers configured to be implemented in a work area defining a lower surface and an upper surface spaced from the lower surface, the lower and upper surfaces of the work area each substantially planar, the lower surface oriented substantially parallel with the upper surface, the assembly comprising:

• a base tube;
• a staff tube adjustably attached to the base tube to form a post shore extending under compression pressure between and frictionally supported upon the lower and upper surfaces of the work area to prevent movement of the post shore with respect to the lower and upper surfaces, an acute angle of about eighty-one degrees being defined between the post shore and the lower surface of the work area and a corresponding obtuse angle of about ninety-nine degrees being defined between the post shore and the upper surface of the work area;
• at least one brace operatively coupled to, and extending angularly from, the base tube to engage the lower surface for stability of the assembly;
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• an adjustable pad disposed at an end of the at least one brace, the adjustable pad pivotably connected to the brace and extendable therefrom, wherein the post shore defines first and second ends of the post shore and the assembly comprises a first support plate positioned between and contacting the first end and the lower surface of the work area for supporting the first end on the lower surface and a second support plate positioned between and contacting the second end and the upper surface of the work area for supporting the second end on the upper surface, wherein the first and second support plates are disposed substantially parallel with the lower and upper surfaces, respectively, of the work area, wherein the assembly comprises a support tube extending non-vertically between the post shore and the upper surface of the work area and connected to the post shore and frictionally supported upon the upper surface of the work area to prevent movement of the support tube with respect to the upper surface, wherein the assembly comprises a cross tube extending under compression pressure along and frictionally supported upon the upper surface of the work area and connected to the post shore and support tube, wherein the cross tube extends substantially horizontally along the upper surface of the work area.

A safety-anchor assembly of a fall-protection lifeline system for workers configured to be implemented in a work area defining a lower surface and an upper surface spaced from the lower surface, the lower and upper surfaces of the work area each substantially planar, the lower surface oriented substantially parallel with the upper surface, the assembly comprising:

• a base tube;
• a staff tube adjustably attached to the base tube to form a post shore extending under compression pressure between and frictionally supported upon the lower and upper surfaces of the work area to prevent movement of the post shore with respect to the lower and upper surfaces, an acute angle of about eighty-one degrees being defined between the post shore and the lower surface of the work area and a corresponding obtuse angle of about ninety-nine degrees being defined between the post shore and the upper surface of the work area;
• at least one brace operatively coupled to, and extending angularly from, the base tube to engage the lower surface for stability of the assembly;
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• an adjustable pad disposed at an end of the at least one brace, the adjustable pad pivotably connected to the brace and extendable therefrom, wherein the post shore defines first and second ends of the post shore and the assembly comprises a first support plate positioned between and contacting the first end and the lower surface of the work area for supporting the first end on the lower surface and a second support plate positioned between and contacting the second end and the upper surface of the work area for supporting the second end on the upper surface, wherein the first and second support plates are disposed substantially parallel with the lower and upper surfaces, respectively, of the work area, wherein the assembly comprises a support tube extending non-vertically between the post shore and the upper surface of the work area and connected to the post shore and frictionally supported upon the upper surface of the work area to prevent movement of the support tube with respect to the upper surface, wherein the assembly comprises a cross tube extending under compression pressure along and frictionally supported upon the upper surface of the work area and connected to the post shore and support tube, wherein the cross tube defines first and second ends of the cross tube, the assembly comprises a third support plate positioned between and contacting a second end of the support tube and the upper surface of the work area for supporting the second end of the support tube on the upper surface, and the second end of the cross tube is connected to the second support plate of the assembly.