Safety anchoring device
AssigneeEz Roof Anchors, 7875819 Canada Inc.
InventorDominique Fortin
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Abstract
A portable anchor for use in a fall arrest protection system. The anchor comprises a base for abutment to a solid support structure, a post extending perpendicular from the base, at least one attachment point connected to the post for receiving a connector, and a rod adapted to be inserted through a central bore through the base and post. The rod has an anchoring section at a first end of the rod for frictionally engaging a portion of the solid support structure and a locking section in the vicinity of a second end of the rod for reversibly securing the rod to the post. Also disclosed is a fall arrest protection system that includes the portable anchor described above. Furthermore, a method of attaching the portable anchor to a solid support structure is also disclosed.
Claims18
A portable anchor for use in a fall arrest protection system, said anchor comprising:
- a base that abuts a solid support structure, the base comprising a bracket that abuts the solid support structure, said bracket being dimensioned to envelop and receive at least a portion of the solid support structure so as to minimize lateral movement of the base in relation to the solid support structure when secured thereto;
- a post extending perpendicularly from the base, wherein the central bore is provided through the base and post;
- at least one attachment point connected to the post for receiving a connector;
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- a rod adapted to be inserted through the central bore, the rod comprising an anchoring section at a first end of the rod for frictionally engaging a portion of the solid support structure and a locking section in the vicinity of at or near a second end of the rod for reversibly securing the rod to the post.
A fall arrest protection system comprising an anchor, said anchor comprising:
- a base that abuts to a solid support structure, the base comprising a bracket that abuts the solid support structure, said bracket being dimensioned to envelop and receive at least a portion of the solid support structure so as to minimize lateral movement of the base in relation to the solid support structure when secured thereto;
- a post extending perpendicularly from the base, wherein a central bore is provided through the base and post;
- at least one attachment point connected to the post for receiving a connector;
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- a rod adapted to be inserted through the central bore, the rod comprising an anchoring section at a first end of the rod for frictionally engaging a portion of the solid support structure and a locking section at or near a second end of the rod for reversibly securing the rod to the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.