Patent ID: 6412598
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: E04G,F16B

Abstract:
A temporary safety line system for protecting construction workers on the job site, the system adapted to be removably interconnected to studs secured to the surface of a structural beam each of the studs having a head and a lower end, the system comprising:a tensioned safety line; an elongated hollow pipe with opposed opened ends and with an elongated threaded rod positioned therein, the pipe and rod having first and second ends; a split collar adapter to be positioned about the lower end of one of the studs, the split collar acting as a spacer between the stud and the pipe; a clamping block secured to the second end of the rod, the clamping block having an internal counter bore dimensioned to fit over the head of one of the studs, a side opening for providing access to the counter bore, the clamping block dimensioned to fit within the hollow pipe; an apertured plate secured over the second end of the rod and pipe, a nut secured to the rod over the plate; a safety cable rail secured to an outer surface of the pipe, the rail adapted to guide the safety line; the counter bore of the clamping block adapted to be secured over the head of one of the studs with the first opened end of the pipe secured over the clamping block, stud and spit collar, the post assembly being tensioned by tightening the nut downwardly on the rod.