Clamp for anchoring a safety harness to a rail system and a method of using same

Abstract

It is disclosed a clamp for anchoring a safety harness to a rail system, wherein the rail system comprises: —a first set of parallel rails arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and—a second set of parallel rails arranged in the horizontal plane and extending in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the first and second sets of rails form a grid pattern in the horizontal plane, the grid pattern comprising a plurality of openings, each opening being defined by a pair of neighboring rails of the first set of rails, a pair of neighboring rails of the second set of rails, and four junctions where each rail of the first set of rails meets one of the rails of the second set of rails, wherein the clamp comprises: —an attachment point for a safety harness, —a first jaw, and—a second jaw, wherein the clamp is operable between clamped and released configurations to pivot the jaws relative to each other and thereby adjust a jaw gap between distal ends of the jaws, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are configured to engage opposite sides of a rail of the first set of rails or the second set of rails when the clamp is in the clamped configuration, and/or wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are configured to engage opposite corners of the junction when the clamp is in the clamped configuration.

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