Fall Protection for Buildings

Abstract

The present invention provided fall protection for buildings, comprising vertical bars attached to a substructure of building superstructures; fastening means providing a fixed connection between the vertical bars and the substructure; and one or more cross-bars attached to the vertical bars, the one or more cross-bars being attached to at least two vertical bars.

Claims

1. Fall protection for buildings comprising vertical bars attached to a substructure of building superstructures; fastening means providing a fixed connection between the vertical bars and the substructure; and one or more cross-bars attached to the vertical bars, the one or more cross-bars being attached to at least two vertical bars.

2. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein the building superstructures are roof superstructures.

3. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein the fastening means connect the substructure and the vertical bars of different cross-section, different shape and/or different size.

4. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 2, wherein the substructure for roof superstructures is one or more profile rails for solar installations.

5. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein the vertical bars are secured in the fastening means with a securing bolt.

6. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein the one or more cross-bars are attached to the vertical bars by means of connections.

7. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein the one or more cross-bars are connected to further cross-bars by means of pipe connectors.

8. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, wherein two or three cross-bars are attached to the vertical bars.

9. Fall protection for buildings according to claim 2, wherein the fall protection is located in the region of the verge.

10. Fall protection for buildings of claim 4, wherein the solar installation is a photovoltaic (PV) installation.

11. Use of a fall protection for buildings according to claim 1, for fall protection.

12. Use of a fall protection for buildings according to claim 11, wherein the fall protection is used at the verge of a roof.

13. A method of attaching a fall protection to buildings, the method comprising: a) fastening of a vertical bar by means of a fastening means to a substructure of building superstructures present on the building; b) fastening at least one further vertical bar by means of a further fastening means to a further part of the substructure; c) attaching one or more cross-bars to the vertical bars.

14. The method of attaching a fall protection to buildings according to claim 13, wherein the one or more cross-bars are attached to the first vertical bar directly after step a), before step b) is performed.

15. The method of attaching a fall protection to buildings according to claim 13, comprising the step of attaching a further vertical bar and attaching one or more cross-bars to the further and the last attached vertical bar, optionally repeating the step one or more times.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] Embodiments of the invention are described below by way of example with reference to the following drawings.

[0044] FIG. 1 shows an overview of the individual parts of the roof of a house.

[0045] FIGS. 2a-2h show exemplary steps of attaching the fall protection system of the invention to a roof.

[0046] FIGS. 3a and 3b show an embodiment of a connection of second transverse struts.

[0047] FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the fall protection according to the invention attached to a roof.

[0048] FIG. 1 shows the usual designations for the corresponding parts of a roof. However, depending on the individual case, the designations may also differ. In the following, the designations according to FIG. 1 are used.

[0049] FIGS. 2a to 2h refer to an embodiment of the fall protection according to the invention, which is installed and used for fall protection at the verge. As can be seen in FIG. 2a, a first profile rail (2) of a PV system exemplified here is attached to a roof (1).

[0050] As can be seen in FIG. 2b, the profile rail (2) in this embodiment has a rectangular cross-section. A retaining clip (3) is attached to the profile rail (2), which has a matching rectangular opening at its base into which the profile rail can be inserted. The fixing screw (FIG. 2c; circled) is tightened to obtain a firm connection. In the embodiment shown, the screw is tightened with a torque of 50 nm. The end of the profile rail (2) pointing in the direction of the verge protrudes overall beyond the retaining clip (3), for example at least 10 mm, to ensure that the profile rail (2) cannot become detached from the retaining clip (3).

[0051] As shown in FIG. 2d, a vertical strut (4) is then inserted from above into the same retaining clip (3). In this embodiment, the vertical strut has a round cross-section, matching the corresponding cross-section in the retaining clip (3). The vertical strut (4) is fixed in the retaining clip (3) by means of a securing bolt (5) (FIG. 2e; circled).

[0052] In the next step, the aforementioned steps are carried out on a second profile rail (2), which is fastened at a distance above the first profile rail (2). This results in a second fixed vertical brace (4) (FIG. 2f). As can also be seen from FIG. 2f, two normal couplings (6) are attached to each of the vertical struts in this embodiment, which are required for fastening the cross struts.

[0053] FIG. 2g shows the attachment of a first cross strut (7), which is attached to the vertical struts (4) with the normal couplings (6) and held in position. In this embodiment, the cross brace (7) extends beyond both the first vertical brace (4) and the roof eaves to provide optimum fall protection. In FIG. 2h, a second cross strut (7) is attached above the first cross strut (7) at the upper end of the vertical struts (4).

[0054] FIGS. 3a and 3b show an embodiment in which the cross struts (7) are extended by means of a tubular connector (8) in order to obtain a continuous cross strut.

[0055] The fully installed fall protection can be seen in FIG. 4. The verge is fully protected from the eaves of the roof to the last profile rail, so that people working on the roof are fully protected.

[0056] Variations and modifications of the foregoing are within the scope of the present disclosure. It is understood that the disclosure disclosed and defined herein extends to any alternative combinations of two or more of the individual features mentioned or apparent from the text and/or drawings. All such different combinations represent different alternative aspects of the present disclosure. The claims are to be construed to include alternative embodiments to the extent permitted by the prior art. The invention is suitable for other embodiments and may be practiced or carried out in various ways. It will also be understood that the terminology used herein is for descriptive purposes and should not be considered limiting. The use of comprising and variations thereof is intended to include the listed elements and equivalents thereof, as well as additional elements and equivalents thereof.

REFERENCE MARKS

[0057] 1Roof [0058] 2Profile rail [0059] 3Fasteners (here: retaining clip) [0060] 4Vertical strut [0061] 5Locking bolt [0062] 6(Normal) clutch [0063] 7Cross brace [0064] 8Tubular connector [0065] (a)Ridge [0066] (b)Verge [0067] (c)Roof beam [0068] (d)Roof overhang [0069] (e)Eaves