Roof anchor

Abstract

A roof anchor easily carried to be positioned and re-positioned by persons climbing on pitched roofs and comprising a flat steel bar having a rectangular cross-section, a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end and a rear end with the front end bent to form a nose having a front bottom edge protruding below the bottom surface of the flat plate, a connector member projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the flat bar and forming a hole for attachment of a carabiner and tether line.

1 . A roof anchor comprising 
 a flat elongate metal plate having a rectangular cross-section and a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end and a rear end;    a plurality of spaced apart holes through the flat plate, said holes forming a pattern extending from the rear end to adjacent the front end;    a bent nose at the front end of the flat plate and with a bottom front edge of the flat plate extending beneath the bottom surface of the flat plate; and    a connector member fixed to the flat plate at the front end adjacent to the bent nose and extending upwardly from the top surface and including hole means through the said connector member closely adjacent to the upper surface of the flat plate and the nose piece.    
   
   
       2 . A roof anchor as in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the connector member is an upstanding meta plate having a hole therethrough and affixed to a side of the flat plate at the front end thereof.    
   
   
       3 . A roof anchor as in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the connector member forms a metal arch with a hole between legs of the arch and with the legs fixed to the top surface of the flat plate in alignment with an elongate axis through said flat plate.    
   
   
       4 . A roof anchor as in  claim 1 , further including 
 a carabiner attached to the connector member and extending through the hole formed by said connector member.