Roof clamp for fall protection safety equipment

• US 20100133040A1
• Filed: 08/26/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Tony Sr. London
• Original Assignee: Joseph Tony Sr. London
• Inventors: London, Joseph Tony
• Application Number:
  US12/583,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20100133040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/3
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 1/04 Single parts, e.g. fastening devices
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 35/0056 Horizontal lifelines
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 35/0062 Rail-form lifelines for permanent installation
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 35/0081 Equipment which can travel along the length of a lifeline, e.g. travelers
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/12 Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/3261 Safety-nets; Safety mattresses; Arrangements on buildings for connecting safety-lines jumping-sheets, jumping-mattresses A62B1/22
• 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 21/3285 fastened to standing seams of the roof covering

Abstract

A multi part clamp for fall protection use on a standing seam roof. One component of the clamp is a clamp body with a slot formed within. This slot that may be so designed to allow attachment to multiple styles of standing seam roofs without having to slide the clamp body onto an end of a seam. Another component of the clamp is a pressure bar so designed as to apply pressure to the standing seam without puncturing or tearing the seam metal. Another component is one or more fasteners may be directed through the clamp body to apply pressure and secure the pressure bar to the roof seam and further secure the clamp to the standing seam. Another component is an attachment bracket on the clamp body for attaching a safety fall arrest system or harness to the clamp that is capable of maintaining load in four directions.

Claims

1. A method of connecting a safety fall arrest system to a standing seam roof.

2. A method that allows attachment of a safety fall arrest system to a standing seam roof without deforming the roof seam or having to puncture the roof.

3. A method of attachment that allows a single clamp design to be used on several different commonly used profiles of standing roof seams without having to slide the clamp body onto the end of a seam.

4. A method of attachment that meets government recommended safety standards for fall protection.

5. A method that allows temporary attachment of a safety fall arrest system.