Devices, systems and methods relating to roof standing seam anchors
OwnerSteven Christopher Nicholsinventor
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods, etc., comprising anchors configured to attach to standing seams such as those typically present on metal roofs. The systems, etc., provide benefits such as improved anchorage points for personal fall protection anchorage devices and variability of and security of attachment to the standing seams. The personal fall protection anchorage devices can comprise a retention plate configured to hold the personal fall protection device to a central portion of the retention plate and having at least two y-axis spaced-apart slot configured to immobily hold opposed standing seam graspers each comprising at least two opposed grasping elements sized and configured to immobily squeeze standing seams of the metal roof.
Claims19
A roof attachment system configured for attaching a personal fall protection anchorage device to at least two standing seams on a roof, the roof attachment system comprising:
- a retention plate configured to hold the personal fall protection anchorage device to a central portion of the retention plate and having an x-axis and a y-axis wherein the x-axis runs the same direction as the standing seams and the y-axis runs transverse to the standing seams, the retention plate further comprising at least two y-axis spaced-apart slots, each y-axis spaced-apart slot configured to immobily hold a retention plate connector attached to a standing seam grasper, each y-axis spaced-apart slot configured to immobily hold the retention plate connector at a plurality of locations within the slot;
- at least two of the retention plate connectors configured to immobily attach at least one standing seam grasper to the retention plate via the y-axis spaced-apart slots;
- at least two of the standing seam graspers each comprising at least two opposed grasping elements sized and configured to immobily squeeze a standing seam of a roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.