Daniel B Price

US Patent:

6539676, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Aug 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/922400

Inventors:

Daniel W. Price - Port Orange FL 32119

International Classification:

E04G 310

US Classification:

521272, 521275, 527411, 5274912, 2481252, 182145

Abstract:

A portable roof anchor having a slidably adjustable beam member is supported at a pivot location near a line support end and at an opposed end by a rotatably attached self-leveling counterweights. A line wrapped onto the beam member may be used as a handle for carrying the beam member to a roof top, then used to support a person or equipment over a side of the building. The counterweights have a relatively small top cross-section and a relatively large bottom cross-section so that, for any given amount of weight, a relatively large bottom surface area and a relatively tall height from the rooftop will be provided. A handle is provided near a line-deployed center-of-gravity so that the roof anchor assembly may be easily maneuvered, while the line remains over the side of the building, with one hand on the handle and a second hand cradled underneath the beam member. An L-handle bolt/nut combination may be used to rotatably attach the counterweights to the beam member, and also to configure the unattached counterweights into an easily carried, balanced assembly. A parapet mounted portable roof anchor includes a step member and a hand hold to facilitate a persons movement off of and back onto the roof.

US Patent:

20090194368, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Jan 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/359397

Inventors:

Daniel W. Price - Port Orange FL, US

International Classification:

E04G 3/34

US Classification:

182145

Abstract:

A portable anchor for supporting a line along a side of a structure, having a beam member comprising a line support end and a counterweight end distal to the line support end, a counterweight attachable to the beam member at a counterweight location proximate the counterweight end, a support member that supports the beam member at a pivot location arranged between the line support end and the counterweight end, a line stand-off rotatably mounted to the support member and rotatable from a line deployed position and a storage position where the line stand-off guides the line away from the side of the structure in the deployed position; and an adjustable locking device that allows rotation of the support member, and selectably fixes the support member to the beam member at a selected angle.