Patent ID: 8376086
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. A safety net utilized in combination with a roof over a structure having an exterior side wall, the roof having a front side, a left side, a right side, a soffit, and side edges extending downwardly from the roof along the left side of the roof and the right side of the roof, the safety net comprising: a pair of thin parallelepiped plates, each being removably attached to a respective one of the side edges on the left side of the roof proximal to the front side of the roof and on the right side of the roof proximal to the front side of the roof in a position parallel to a fall line of the respective side edge of the roof; a pair of cylindrical vertical support members, each vertical support member being removably attached to a respective one of the plates in a position parallel to the structure exterior side wall, each vertical support member having a top end and a bottom end; a pair of cylindrical horizontal support members, each horizontal support member being removably attached to a respective one of the plates in a position perpendicular to the vertical support member attached to the respective plate, each horizontal support member having an inner end and an outer end; a pair of pivot rings, each pivot ring being pivotally attaching a respective one of the horizontal support members to the respective one of the plates; a pair of first eye bolts, each first eye bolt being disposed on the top end of a respective one of the vertical support members; a pair of second eye bolts, each second eye bolt being disposed on the outer end of a respective one of the horizontal support members; a pair of third eye bolts, each third eye bolt being disposed on a respective one of the side edges of the roof at a 45-degree angle to the respective vertical support member; a pair of S-hooks, each S-hook having a first end and a second end, the first end of each S-hook being attached to a respective one of the third eye bolts; a pair of continuous steel cables, each cable having a first adjustable loop disposed on a first outer end of the cable and a first hook disposed on a second outer end of the cable, the first adjustable loop removably attached to the second end of a respective one of the S-hooks, the first hook releasably attached to a respective one of the second eye bolts; a pair of fourth eye bolts, each fourth eye bolt being attached to the soffit proximate a respective one of the left side of the roof and the right side of the roof; a heavy-duty net having a front edge, a rear edge, a first edge, and a second edge and further having binding disposed along each of the first edge and the second edge; a pair of second hooks, each second hook being disposed on the net front edge proximal to a respective one of the first edge and the second edge, each of the second hooks being releasably attached to an associated one of the second eye bolts; and a pair of third hooks, each third hook being disposed on the net rear edge proximal to a respective one of the first edge and the second edge, each of the third hooks being releasably attached to an associated one of the fourth eye bolts; wherein each cable in conjunction with the respective horizontal and vertical support members maintains the net in a position extending outwardly continuously across the front side of the roof extending from beneath the soffit.