Mid-truss anchor clamp
OwnerLawrence A. Crookstoninventor
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Abstract
A roof truss anchor clamp for use with a worker's safety harness, a safety system incorporating the anchor clamp and a method of using the same. The anchor clamp includes a middle wall positionable adjacent an upper surface of a section of a roof truss rafter; a first side wall extending outwardly from one end of the middle wall; a second side wall extending outwardly from an opposite end of the middle wall; wherein a space is defined between the first and second side walls and the section of the rafter is receivable in the space. A fastener assembly is provided on the anchor clamp for securing the clamp to the rafter. A connector is also engaged with the anchor clamp for securing a worker's safety harness thereto.
Claims23
A roof truss anchor clamp for use with a worker's safety harness;
- said anchor clamp comprising:
- a first side wall adapted to be positioned adjacent a first side surface of a roof rafter;
- a fastener assembly that is adapted to secure the anchor clamp to the roof rafter;
- and
- a connector assembly provided on the anchor clamp and adapted to selectively engage a connector secured to the worker's safety harness.
A safety system for securing a worker to a roof rafter;
- said safety system including:
- a safety harness wearable by the worker;
- a lanyard connected at a first end to the safety harness and having a connector provided at a second end thereof;
- an anchor clamp engageable on a section of a roof truss rafter;
- said anchor clamp comprising:
- a first side wall adapted to be positioned adjacent a first side of the roof rafter;
- a second side wall adapted to be positioned adjacent a second side of the roof rafter;
- a fastener assembly securing the first and second side walls together;
- and
- a connector assembly provided on the anchor clamp;
- wherein the connector from the safety harness is selectively engageable with the connector assembly.
A method of securing a worker to a section of a roof truss comprising:
- engaging an anchor clamp to a rafter of the roof truss comprising steps of:
- positioning a middle wall of the anchor clamp against an upper surface of a section of the rafter;
- positioning a first side wall extending outwardly from one side of the middle wall adjacent a first side surface of the rafter;
- positioning a second side wall extending outwardly from an opposite side of the anchor's clamp's middle wall adjacent a second side surface of the rafter;
- engaging a fastener between the first side wall and the second side wall;
- and;
- engaging a connector provided at one end of a lanyard extending from a worker's safety harness to the anchor clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.