Patent ID: 7000730

Claim:
In a beam anchor safety device for use by workers wearing a lanyard for attachment to the device for preventing falls from elevated locations, said safety device of the type that may be releasably and slideably connected to a flanged beam and wherein said device includes an elongate bar and first and second L-shaped members affixed to said bar adjacent opposite ends thereof with at least said first L-shaped member being moveable along a length of said elongated bar, said device further including a lanyard attachment portion carried by said bar intermediate said first and second L-shaped members, the improvement comprising said elongated bar being essentially circular in cross-section and having a plurality of spaced apart grooves formed in the outer surface thereof, said first L-shaped member including an aperture therein adapted to be aligned with a selected one of said grooves and further including a pin adapted to pass through said aperture, said pin having an elongated shaft with first and second ends and a knob located at said first end, a portion of said shaft intermediate said ends being adapted to lie within said groove to prevent movement of said first L-shaped member to thereby secure said first L-shaped member at a desired position on said bar.