Patent ID: 11959291
Assignee: CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 3:
4. A fall protection system for a substation transformer, the substation transformer having a top surface with a lip extending about at least a portion of a periphery of the top surface, the system comprising:
a plurality of corner mounting assemblies, each of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies being configured to couple at or adjacent to one corner of the substation transformer, each corner mounting assembly including a corner mounting element, a lifting hook mount configured to be each arranged at each corner of the substation transformer, each lifting hook mount being configured to couple with a respective corner mounting assembly of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies each of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies including a housing having a slot sized to receive a respective lifting hook mount and a lock member movably coupled to the housing and positioned to releasably engage the respective lifting hook mount, a clamp that is threadably engaged with the housing, the clamp being configured to move the lock member between a released position where the lock member is not engaged with the respective lifting hook mount, and a locked position where the lock member is engaged with the respective lifting hook mount, wherein each of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies further includes a pair of slide elements disposed within the housing and arranged on opposite sides of the slot, the lock member being slidably coupled to the slide elements;
a corner post arranged in the corner mounting element of the corner mounting assembly;
a plurality of side mounting assemblies, each of the plurality of side mounting assemblies being positioned between two of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies, each of the plurality of side mounting assemblies having a u-shaped bracket sized to engage the lip, each of the plurality of side mounting assemblies having a first clamp positioned to engage the lip, each of the plurality of side mounting assemblies further having a side mounting element, wherein each of the plurality of corner mounting assemblies and each of the plurality of side mounting assemblies includes a cable mounting device having an opening;
a side post arranged in the side mounting element of the side mounting assembly; and
a plurality of top horizontal posts and a plurality of bottom horizontal posts, each of the plurality of top horizontal posts and the plurality of bottom horizontal posts configured to couple with at least one of the corner post and the side post, wherein the plurality of top horizontal posts and the plurality of bottom horizontal posts extend about the periphery of the top surface.