Patent ID: 8397866

Claim:
A fall protection system, comprising: first and second truss members, wherein the first and second truss members comprising steel tubing, steel bar, or steel rod are positioned at a first distance from each other; first and second slotted housings, wherein the first and second housings are positioned below the first and second truss members and spaced at a second distance from each other wherein the second distance is shorter than the first distance and the first and second housings are located at substantially the same height along a vertical dimension; wherein the housings comprise steel tubing having a slot at a bottom of the steel tubing along the longitudinal dimension of the tubing, the slot defining a track formed by the flanges adjacent the slot; a first plurality of connecting members connecting the first truss member to the first housing; wherein the upper ends of the first plurality of connecting members are directly attached to a bottom surface of the first truss member and the lower ends of the first plurality of connecting members are directly attached to the top of the first housing; a second plurality of connecting members connecting the second truss member to the second housing; wherein the upper ends of the second plurality of connecting members are directly attached to a bottom surface of the second truss member and the lower ends of the second plurality of connecting members are directly attached to the top of the second housing; a first plurality of cross members directly attached to the first and second truss members and spacing the first and second truss members at the first distance; a second plurality of cross members directly attached to respective said first and second plurality of connecting members adjacent to but above their lower ends and spacing the first and second housing at the second distance; a first trolley slideable through the first housing along the first track; a second trolley slideable through the second housing along the second track; a first harness, and a first lanyard connecting the first trolley and the first harness; and a second harness, and a second lanyard connecting the second trolley and the second harness.