Assembly for attaching a securing line to a roof beam structure

Abstract

An assembly for attaching a securing line to a roof structure beam covered with a panel has a bracket, an attachment member, and a fastener. The attachment member has a hook on the second end thereof which is inserted through a panel aperture in the panel and hooked around the beam supporting the panel in abutment therewith. The first end of the attachment member extends outwardly through the panel aperture when the hook is hooked around the beam in abutment therewith and is extended through a member aperture of the bracket. The fastener is then fastened to the first end of the attachment member in abutment with the bracket and with the bracket abutting the panel, thus securely attaching the bracket to the panel and beam. The secure line, connected to the bracket, is thus secured to the panel. An optional reinforcing block is used for attaching the assembly to corrugated roof panels.

1 . An assembly for attaching a securing line to a roof beam covered with a roof panel, the assembly comprising:
 at least one fastener;   a bracket having at least one line aperture, through which the securing line passed and attached to said bracket, and at least one member aperture;   an attachment member having a generally straight first end and a second end shaped as a hook, said attachment member being configured for extension of said hook-shaped second end through a panel aperture in the panel and hooking around and in abutment with a first proximal beam member of the beam, the first proximal beam member at least partially abutting the panel, and with said first end extending through the panel aperture and said member aperture for fastening of said bracket thereupon in abutment with the panel by said fastener for securing said bracket, and thereby the securing line, to the beam.   
   
   
       2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said attachment member has a thread on said straight first end and said fastener includes a threaded nut, said threaded nut being adjustably and removably fastenable on said member, by rotation thereof on said first end, towards said bracket, until said nut securely retains maintains said bracket in abutment with the panel with said second end hooked around the first proximal beam member in abutment therewith. 
   
   
       3 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said attachment further includes a reinforcing spacer block having a block channel extending from a first block side to a generally opposed second block side thereof, said reinforcing block being adapted for placement of said block in a recessed canal of the panel extending between two elevated ridges thereof with said block channel generally aligned with said member aperture and the panel aperture for extension of said straight first end through said block channel and said member aperture for fastening said fastener to said attachment member with said first block side abutting said bracket, said second side abutting the panel, said second end hooked around the first proximal beam member in abutment therewith, and said bracket disposed between said first block side and said fastener and said bracket extending across the recessed canal and extending at least partially over the elevated ridges in abutment therewith. 
   
   
       4 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said bracket is an L-shaped bracket including a first bracket plate and a second bracket plate extending substantially perpendicularly from said first bracket plate to form an L shape therewith, said member aperture being disposed on said first bracket plate and said line aperture disposed on said second bracket plate. 
   
   
       5 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said second end is further adapted for extension through the panel aperture between the first proximal beam member and a second proximal beam member, upon which the panel also rests, through a beam channel defined by respective descending portions of the first and second proximal beam members which extend downwardly and substantially perpendicularly away from the panel in substantially parallel alignment with one another, the panel aperture being disposed on the panel between the descending portions, thereby reducing visibility of the panel aperture. 
   
   
       6 . The assembly of  claim 5 , wherein said second end is further adapted for hooking around the first beam member in abutment therewith by hooking around the respective descending portion of the first proximal beam member in abutment therewith. 
   
   
       7 . The assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the panel aperture is disposed on the panel in substantially parallel alignment with the beam channel, said second end being further configured for extension through the beam channel with said second end substantially parallel to the descending portions until said second end is below the descending portion of the first proximal beam for subsequent rotation of said attachment member to align said second end therewith for raising said hooked second end to hook therearound in abutment therewith.