Safety line anchor
AssigneeHerzog Contracting Corp.
InventorsGerald L. Caylor, Brian M. Schubert
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Abstract
An anchor for securing a safety line to a container having an opening defined by an upstanding rim comprises a bar which is longer than the opening is wide. A pair of hooks are connected to the anchor bar by hook mounts. The hooks open downward toward ends of the anchor bar such that the rim of the access opening may be secured between each hook and an associated end of the anchor bar. A mounting tab is connected to an end of each hook below a hook bend. A safety line connector may be connected to either tab through a hole formed therein. The mounting tabs project outward to permit connection of a safety line thereto even when the access opening is covered. A third mounting tab, to which a safety line connector may be connected, is pivotally secured around the anchor bar.
Claims14
An anchor for securing a safety line to a container having an opening defined by a rim projecting upward from the container, said anchor comprising:
- a) an anchor bar having first and second ends and a length which is longer than a width of said opening;
- b) first and second downwardly opening hooks connected to said anchor bar and sized to engage opposed sections of the rim with said first and second ends of said anchor bar extending below the opposed sections of the rim.
An anchor for securing a safety line to a container having an opening defined by an upstanding rim, said anchor comprising:
- a) an anchor bar having first and second ends and a length which is longer than a width of said opening;
- b) first and second hook mounts connected to said anchor bar;
- c) first and second downwardly opening hooks selectively securable to said first and second hook mounts respectively and sized to engage opposed sections of the rim with said first and second ends of said anchor bar extending below the opposed sections of the rim;
- each of said hooks selectively securable in variable spaced relation to said respective hook mount to permit adjustment of a spacing between a hook bend of each of said hooks and said anchor bar.
An anchor for securing a safety line to a container having an opening defined by an upstanding rim, said anchor comprising:
- a) an anchor bar having first and second ends and a length which is longer than a width of said opening;
- b) first and second hook mounts connected to said anchor bar;
- c) first and second downwardly opening hooks selectively securable to said first and second hook mounts respectively and sized to engage opposed sections of the rim with said first and second ends of said anchor bar extending below the opposed sections of the rim;
- each of said hooks selectively securable in variable spaced relation to said respective hook mount to permit adjustment of a spacing between a hook bend of each of said hooks and said anchor bar
- d) first and second mounting tabs connected to ends of said first and second hooks respectively below said hook bend;
- each of said mounting tabs having a hole formed therein sized to allow connection of a safety line connector to said mounting tab through said hole;
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- e) a swivel mount pivotally secured around said anchor bar;
- said swivel mount having a mounting hole formed therein sized to allow connection of a safety line connector to said swivel mount through said mounting hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.