Patent ID: 8991126
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. In a building construction, building structure elements defining a wall which defines an encompassed space, the wall having a wall bottom and a wall top, a fall protection system extending across such encompassed space, and comprising: (a) an open-mesh web overlying, and extending across, the encompassed space proximate the wall top, said open-mesh web comprising a matrix of open cells; and (b) a perimeter band extending about the encompassed space proximate said wall, said perimeter band extending over at least portions of said open-mesh web proximate the wall top, said perimeter band being secured to the building structure elements proximate said wall at spaced locations along said wall, thereby entrapping the at least portions of said open-mesh web between said perimeter band and the respective building structure elements along said wall, said wall having an outer surface, said perimeter band having a length, a width, and a thickness, said perimeter band being secured to the outer surface of the wall with the width of said perimeter band extending in an upright orientation.