Attachment for anchoring a safety belt

An attachment for use in anchoring a safety belt on a concrete wall form side of the type that embodies a plurality of upstanding panels arranged in edge-to-edge relation, each panel embodying an inner facing from which there projects outwardly a marginal reinforcing frame including vertical frame members having vertically extending side surfaces terminating at vertically extending outer free edges on the frame members, the vertical frame members of adjacent panels being arranged in contiguity and having formed therein at spaced centers theralong pairs of opposed wedge bolt-receiving slots extending through the members from their side surfaces, said attachment comprising:

• a plate-like bracket member having integral body, head, and ear portions, said body and head portions adjoining each other at end margins thereof and said ear portions extending outwardly from one face of said head portion at opposite lateral margins thereof,
• said head portion having an opening extending through it from said one face and sized to receive a hook portion of a workman's safety belt therethrough for connecting the belt to the bracket member, and
• a connecting member extending outwardly from one face of said body portion and insertable through one of said pairs of wedge bolt-receiving slots in two contiguous vertical frame members from the external side surface on a selected one of the frame members to project from the external side surface on the other frame member,
• said connecting member having a wedging slot formed in the projecting portion thereof adapted to receive a wedge bolt for removably securing the attachment to the latter frame members,
• said body portion being disposed with said one face thereof adjacent to the first-named external side surface while said head portion and its opening extend outwardly beyond said edges of the latter frame members, and said ear portions project over and adjacent to the edge at which the first-named external side surface terminates in respective upper and lower positions, when the attachment is secured to the frame members, the lower one of said ear portions abutting on the latter edge in torque load-resisting engagement therewith when a downward pulling force is exerted on a safety belt connected to the attachment.

In combination with a concrete wall form side of the type that embodies a plurality of upstanding panels arranged in edge-to-edge relation, each panel embodying an inner facing from which there projects outwardly a marginal reinforcing frame including vertical frame members having vertically extending side surfaces terminating at vertically extending outer free edges on the frame members, the vertical frame members of adjacent panels being arranged in contiguity and having formed therein at spaced centers therealong pairs of opposed wedge bolt-receiving slots extending through the members from the side surfaces, an improved attachment for anchoring a safety belt on the form side, which comprises:

• a bracket member having integral body, head, and ear portions, said body and head portions adjoining each other at end margins thereof and said ear portions extending outwardly from one face of said head portion at opposite lateral margins thereof,
• said head portion having an opening extending through it from said one face and sized to receive a hook portion of a workman's safety belt therethrough for connecting the belt to the bracket member, and
• a connecting member extending outwardly from one face of said body portion and insertable through one of said pairs of wedge bolt-receiving slots in two contiguous vertical frame members from the external side surface on a selected one of the frame members for connecting the attachment to the frame members,
• said body portion being disposed with said one face thereof adjacent to said external side surface while said head portion and its opening extend outwardly beyond said edges of the latter frame members, and said ear portions project over and adjacent to the edge at which the external side surface terminates in respective upper and lower positions, when the attachment is secured to the frame members, the lower one of said ear portions abutting on the latter edge in torque load-resisting engagement therewith when a downward pulling force is exerted on a safety belt connected to the attachment.