Patent ID: 6270057
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: E04G,Y10S

Abstract:
A guardrail system for fall protection during the construction of a multi-story building comprising:(a) an elongated bar element having a flange on one end thereof and a first relatively short linear portion extending perpendicularly from said flange and a second relatively long linear portion connected to and extending from said first portion so as to define an obtuse angle therebetween, and wherein said bar element includes three spaced-apart apertures in the medial portion of said first linear portion, three spaced-apart apertures in the medial portion of said second linear portion and three spaced-apart apertures adjacent the free end of said second linear portion opposite said first linear portion; and(b) a securement plate having one or more apertures therethrough for bolting said plate to said first linear portion of said bar element so as to removably attach said bar element to a frame element of a multi-story building during construction thereof.