Safety net system
OwnerRobert A. Thommen, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A safety net system placed upright on the ground for restraining rock fall. The system has at least one unit, with each unit comprising a continuous top rope and a continuous bottom rope, each of which is connected to an anchor, with each rope extending through guides on columns and at each end of the unit extending beyond the end column. Panels of woven rope netting are disposed between the columns and are secured to the top and bottom ropes, with a panel that is adjacent to an end of the unit being disposed in a common plane with the top and bottom ropes that are anchored at that end.
Claims20
A safety net system placed upright on the ground for restraining rock fall and comprised of at least one unit, each of which comprises:
- at least two columns disposed in said ground, with each column being provided with spaced-apart guide means;
- two anchor means disposed in said ground at opposite ends of said unit;
- a continuous top rope and a continuous bottom rope, each of which is connected to one of said anchor means, from which it extends through a respective one of said guide means of one of said columns at a first end of said unit, through respective ones of said guide means of any interposed columns, through a respective one of said .guide means of one of said columns at a second end of said unit, and to the other of said anchor means, to which said rope is also connected, whereby said top and bottom ropes at each end of said unit extend beyond said column at that end and are connected to the same anchor means;
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- at least one net panel comprised of woven rope netting, each panel being disposed between two of said columns and being secured to said top and bottom ropes, with any panel that is adjacent to one of said ends of said unit being disposed in a common plane with said top and bottom ropes that are anchored at that end, wherein an end portion of a net panel that is adjacent to one of said ends of said unit is provided with an end support rope, ends of which are secured to said top and bottom ropes respectively.
A safety net system placed upright on the ground for restraining rock fall and comprised of at least one unit, each of which comprises:
- at least two columns disposed in said ground, with each column being provided with spaced-apart guide means;
- two anchor means disposed in said ground at opposite ends of said unit;
- a continuous top rope and a continuous bottom rope, each of which is connected to one of said anchor means, from which it extends through a respective one of said guide means of one of said columns at a first end of said unit, through respective ones of said guide means of any interposed columns, through a respective one of said guide means of one of said columns at a second end of said unit, and to the other of said anchor means, to which said rope is also connected, whereby said top and bottom ropes at each end of said unit extend beyond said column at that end and are connected to the same anchor means;
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- at least one net panel comprised of woven rope netting, each panel being disposed between two of said columns and being secured to said top and bottom ropes, with any panel that is adjacent to one of said ends of said unit being disposed in a common plane with said top and bottom ropes that are anchored at that end, wherein overlapping ropes of said woven netting of said net panels are interconnected via cross clips.
A safety net system placed upright on the ground for restraining rock fall and comprised of at least one unit, each of which comprises:
- at least two columns disposed in said ground, with each column being provided with spaced-apart guide means;
- two anchor means disposed in said ground at opposite ends of said unit;
- a continuous top rope and a continuous bottom rope, each of which is connected to one of said anchor means, from which it extends through a respective one of said guide means of one of said columns at a first end of said unit, through respective ones of said guide means of any interposed columns, through a respective one of said guide means of one of said columns at a second end of said unit, and to the other of said anchor means, to which said rope is also connected, whereby said top and bottom ropes at each end of said unit extend beyond said column at that end and are connected to the same anchor means;
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- at least one net panel comprised of woven rope netting, each panel being disposed between two of said columns and being secured to said top and bottom ropes, with any panel that is adjacent to one of said ends of said unit being disposed in a common plane with said top and bottom ropes that are anchored at that end, wherein each of said units comprises several net panels, and wherein adjacent ones of said net panels of a given unit are seamed together via seam rope means but are not seamed to said column that is disposed between said adjacent net panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.