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US 5,848,665 AGranted
Safety/debris net system
OwnerJohn Rexroad, Edward R. Metzgerinventors
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Abstract
The invention resides in an improvement in safety net system wherein the safety net is formed from an improved material which is resistant to weakening by ultraviolet radiation, hence does not need to be dyed or treated, and therefore is shrink and sag controlled. The invention further resides in a connection and method for making such connection between a safety net and a debris net for supporting same as a unit in an assembled condition and/or an improved connection between a border member of a safety net and its associated mesh.
Claims9
A safety net comprised of:
- an elongate substantially flexible border member having a cross section which is substantially uniform throughout its length, said border member defining a closed interior area;
- a mesh structure having first and second elongate members intersecting at spaced nodal points to define a matrix on interconnecting members which define the mesh structure;
- a plurality of flex C-ring fasteners capable of being deformed around an underlying portion of said border member and about a corresponding portion of said mesh structure so as to fasten the mesh structure to the border member at spaced intervals;
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- wherein said flex C-rings are steel members which are deformed from an expanded condition to a deformed reduced condition so as to nonreleasably connect a portion of the mesh structure to the border member in a fastened condition such that the mesh structure connects to the border member along the entire length thereof in a fixed and nonmoving condition.
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