Patent ID: 8746402

Claim:
A fall protection system comprising a) a U-shaped fall protection anchor comprising: a first elongate leg and a second elongate leg connected to each other at a base, wherein, the first elongate leg comprises a first base end and a first apex end and further comprising a first capture portion near the first base end and a first intra-connection portion near the first apex end; the second elongate leg comprises a second base end and a second apex end and further comprising a second capture portion near the second base end and a second intra-connection portion near the second apex end and a holding portion located distal to the second capture portion, the holding portion comprising a holding element configured to securely hold a fall restraint device connected to a worker, and wherein the first and second capture portions are configured to capture a retention element to hold the anchor to a structure, and the first and second intra-connection portions are configured to connect each leg to the other leg; and b) a tether configured to hold the anchor to the structure when the structure is not captured by the first and second capture portions, wherein the first elongate leg and the second elongate leg are connected to each other at the base, plate, wherein the first leg and the second leg incline towards each other as they extend from the base, wherein the legs and the base are collectively made of a single piece of material, wherein the holding portion is configured to significantly bend to indicate that the anchor has been subjected to a fall-restraint-level force load and should not be used again, and wherein the first and second intra-connection portions comprise corresponding holes configured to accept a securing device connecting the first and second intra-connection portions to each other plate.