Fall protection modular rigid rail system

A rigid rail assembly for a fall protection system;

• the rigid rail assembly comprising a rail segment and a hanger:
• the rail segment comprising an upper portion and a lower portion;
• the rail segment upper portion defining an elongate slot comprised of an inner portion and an opening from a top surface of the rail segment into the inner portion;
• the slot inner portion having a width greater than a width of the opening;
• the lower portion comprising a horizontal member, opposed elongate side walls extending downwardly and outwardly from the horizontal member, and a flange extending inwardly from each of the side walls;
• an inner end of each said flange being spaced from each other to define an opening into an area defined by the side walls, the horizontal member, and the flanges;
• each flange having an upper surface defining a channel, the channels of the flanges being substantially parallel to each other;
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• the hanger comprising a hanger body adapted to be connected to a support member and a hanger coupling member extending downwardly from the hanger body;
• the coupling member comprising a stem sized to pass through the opening of the slot in the rail segment upper portion and a footing having a width greater than the stem and sized to be slidingly received in the slot inner portion, whereby the hanger is slidably receivable in said rail segment upper portion and moveable along said rail segment upper portion;
• the rigid rail system of further including a trolley;
• said trolley comprising a trolley body having an elongate upper portion and a stem depending from said upper portion;
• said stem being adapted to have a lanyard connected thereto;
• said body upper portion defining wheel mounts at opposite ends thereof and having a wheel rotatably mounted to each side of each of said wheel mounts;
• said wheels being mounted to said wheel mounts to rotate in a plane that is substantially parallel to the walls of said rail segment lower portion;
• said wheels of each wheel mount being spaced apart such that the opposed wheels of said trolley ride in said channels of said lower portion;
• said sides of said wheel mounts being sloped to define a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of said walls of said rail segment lower portion when said trolley is received in said rail segment.

A rigid rail assembly for a fall protection system;

• the rigid rail assembly comprising a rail segment and a hanger:
• the rail segment comprising an upper portion and a lower portion;
• the rail segment upper portion defining an elongate slot comprised of an inner portion and an opening from a top surface of the rail segment into the inner portion;
• the slot inner portion having a width greater than a width of the opening;
• the lower portion comprising a horizontal member, opposed elongate side walls extending downwardly and outwardly from the horizontal member, and a flange extending inwardly from each of the side walls;
• an inner end of each said flange being spaced from each other to define an opening into an area defined by the side walls, the horizontal member, and the flanges;
• each flange having an upper surface defining a channel, the channels of the flanges being substantially parallel to each other;
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• the hanger comprising a hanger body adapted to be connected to a support member and a hanger coupling member extending downwardly from the hanger body;
• the coupling member comprising a stem sized to pass through the opening of the slot in the rail segment upper portion and a footing having a width greater than the stem and sized to be slidingly received in the slot inner portion, whereby the hanger is slidably receivable in said rail segment upper portion and moveable along said rail segment upper portion;
• the rigid rail system of further including a trolley;
• said trolley comprising a trolley body having an elongate upper portion and a stem depending from said upper portion;
• said stem being adapted to have a lanyard connected thereto;
• said body upper portion defining wheel mounts at opposite ends thereof and having a wheel rotatably mounted to each side of each of said wheel mounts;
• said wheels being mounted to said wheel mounts to rotate in a plane that is substantially parallel to the walls of said rail segment lower portion;
• said wheels of each wheel mount being spaced apart such that the opposed wheels of said trolley ride in said channels of said lower portion;
• the walls of said rail segment lower portion and said trolley wheels each defining an angle with the vertical from about 10° to about 20°.