Patent ID: 6840015

Claim:
A rooftop fall arrester in combination with a wall having upright wall studs and a sill plate capping the wall studs of a wood frame building having an inside and outside comprising: a plurality of upright standards having a first lower portion and a second upper portion; attachment means for securing the first portions of the upright standards in spaced apart relation along the sill plate to extend upwardly on an inside surface thereof with the second portions extending above the sill plate; mesh netting; means for attaching the netting to the second portions of the upright standards with the netting spanning the space between adjacent upright standards above the sill plate and in close proximity to the sill plate; a strap interwoven through the mesh netting and further including means for attaching one end of the strap to one upright standard and a ratchet latch mounted on an adjacent upright standard for receiving a free end of the strap for tightening the strap between adjacent upright standards; a ledge bracket attached to the first portion adjacent a lower end thereof and extending inwardly from the wall; and a plank resting on the ledge bracket of adjacent upright standards.