Patent ID: 7896132

Claim:
A multi-level fall protection system for a structure under construction, the structure having a plurality of reinforced concrete decks with a plurality of openings provided in the decks, the plurality of decks including a first deck and a second deck arranged above the first deck, the system comprising: a) a plurality of bearing plates, each of said plurality of bearing plates arranged in an associated opening in the first deck and comprising a flange portion larger than the associated opening; b) a plurality of lateral support blocks, each of said plurality of lateral support blocks arranged in an associated opening in the second deck; c) a plurality of vertical support posts, each of said plurality of vertical support posts being detachably secured at a bottom portion to an associated bearing plate of said plurality of bearing plates, extending upwardly through an associated opening in the second deck and being supported laterally by an associated lateral support block of said plurality of lateral support blocks; and d) at least one flexible support line extending between and coupled to a pair of said plurality of vertical support posts.