PORTABLE ROOF ANCHOR

• US 20090194368A1
• Filed: 01/26/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel W. Price
• Original Assignee: Daniel W. Price
• Inventors: Price, Daniel W.
• Application Number:
  US12/359,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20090194368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/145
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/3276 Arrangements on buildings for connecting safety-lines fastening devices for devices for lowering persons from buildings A62B1/04
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 23/002 Arrangements for cleaning building facades

Abstract

A portable anchor for supporting a line along a side of a structure, having a beam member comprising a line support end and a counterweight end distal to the line support end, a counterweight attachable to the beam member at a counterweight location proximate the counterweight end, a support member that supports the beam member at a pivot location arranged between the line support end and the counterweight end, a line stand-off rotatably mounted to the support member and rotatable from a line deployed position and a storage position where the line stand-off guides the line away from the side of the structure in the deployed position; and an adjustable locking device that allows rotation of the support member, and selectably fixes the support member to the beam member at a selected angle.

Claims

1. A portable anchor for supporting a line along a side of a structure, comprising:

a beam member comprising a line support end and a counterweight end;

a counterweight attachable to the beam member at a counterweight location proximate the counterweight end;

a support member that supports the beam member at a pivot location arranged between the line support end and the counterweight end;

a line stand-off rotatably mounted to the support member and rotatable between a line deployed position and a storage position, where the line stand-off guides the line away from the side of the structure in the deployed position; and

an adjustable locking apparatus that allows rotation of the support member relative to the beam member, and selectably fixes the support member to the beam member at a selected angle.

2. The portable anchor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a rotatable joint arranged along the beam member, the rotatable joint configured to permit a rotation of the line support end relative to the counterweight end about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the beam member.

3. The portable anchor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustable locking apparatus is configured to fix the support member to the beam member at any one of a plurality of predetermined angles.

4. The portable anchor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustable locking apparatus is configured to fix the support member to the beam member at any angle within a range between a first angle and a second angle.

5. The portable anchor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line stand-off comprises a line support bar that engages the line.

6. The portable line support as claimed in claim 5, wherein the line support bar is affixable at a plurality of locations along the line stand-off such that a selectable degree of line stand-off from the side of the structure is provided.

7. The portable line support as claimed in claim 1, wherein the line stand-off when rotated into a lowermost deployed position contacts a portion of the support member to prevent further lower rotation of the line stand-off, and a point of contact between the line stand-off and the line is vertically below a point of rotation of the line standoff such that a tension of the line acting against the line support bar provides a downward force to the line stand-off that operatively fixes the line stand-off in the lowermost deployed position during use without the need for a locking mechanism.

8. A portable line support, comprising:

a beam member comprising a line support end and a counterweight end;

a support member that vertically supports the beam member; and

an adjustable locking apparatus that;

allows rotation of the support member relative to the beam member about a pivot axis, and

selectively fixes the support member to the beam member at a selected angle.

9. The portable line support as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a rotatable joint arranged along the beam member, the rotatable joint configured to permit a rotation of the line support end relative to the counterweight end about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the beam member.

10. The portable line support as claimed in claim 8, wherein the adjustable locking apparatus is configured to fix the support member to the beam member at any one of a plurality of predetermined angles.

12. The portable line support as claimed in claim 8, wherein the adjustable locking apparatus is configured to fix the support member to the beam member at any angle within a range between a first angle and a second angle.

13. The portable line support as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a line stand-off rotably attached to the support member and comprising a line support bar that guides the line away from a side of a structure when in a deployed position.

14. The portable line support as claimed in claim 13, wherein the line support bar is affixable at a plurality of locations along the line stand-off such that a selectable degree of line standoff from the side of the structure is provided.

15. The portable line support as claimed in claim 13, wherein the line stand-off when rotated into a lowermost deployed position contacts a portion of the support member to prevent further lower rotation of the line stand-off, and a point of contact between the line support bar and the line is vertically below a point of rotation of the line standoff such that a tension of the line acting against the line support bar provides a downward force to the line standoff that operatively fixes the line standoff in the lowermost deployed position during use without the need for a locking mechanism.

16. An apparatus for supporting a line, comprising:

a beam member having a line support end, a counterweight end and a pivot location arranged between the line support end and the counterweight end;

a support member that supports the beam member at the pivot location; and

a line stand-off rotatably mounted to the support member, where the rotatable line stand-off guides the line away from a side of a structure when in a deployed position.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a rotatable joint arranged along the beam member, the rotatable joint configured to permit a rotation of the line support end relative to the counterweight end about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the beam member.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the line stand-off comprises a line support bar that engages the line.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the line support bar is affixable at a plurality of locations along the line stand-off such that a selectable degree of line standoff from the side of the structure is provided.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the line stand-off when rotated into the deployed position contacts a portion of the support member to prevent further lower rotation of the line stand-off, and a point of contact between the line support bar and the line is vertically below a point of rotation of the line standoff such that a tension of the line acting against the line support bar provides a downward force to the line standoff that operatively fixes the line standoff in the deployed position during use without the need for a locking mechanism.