Securable Parapet Cap Roof Mat

Abstract

In a first embodiment a safety mat for use with a parapet cap on a wall is disclosed. The cap extends over the top of the wall and partially down each side of the wall. The safety mat includes a flexible pad having a width greater than a width of the top wall; a first cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from an interior of the pad toward a first width end; and a second cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a second width end.

1 . A safety mat for use with a parapet cap on a wall, the cap extending over the top of the wall and partially down each side of the wall, the mat comprising:
 a flexible pad having a width greater than a width of the top wall;   a first cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from an interior of the pad toward a first width end; and   a second cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a second width end.   
   
   
       2 . The safety mat of  claim 1  wherein the first and second cinch down straps include hooks on an end opposite the interior of the pad. 
   
   
       3 . The safety mat of  claim 1  further comprising a third cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a first width end; and
 a fourth cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a second width end.   
   
   
       4 . The safety mat of  claim 3  wherein the cinch down straps include hooks on an end opposite the interior of the pad. 
   
   
       5 . The safety mat of  claim 4  wherein the width is dimensioned so that the flexible pad hangs over the parapet cap extending partially down the wall when the safety mat is in a deployed position. 
   
   
       6 . The safety mat of  claim 5  wherein the flexible pad further includes a length and an open pattern section extending the entire length of the pad and a part of the width of the pad. 
   
   
       7 . The safety mat of  claim 6  wherein the width of the open pattern section is at least as wide as the section of the parapet cap covering the top of the wall. 
   
   
       8 . The safety mat of  claim 5  further comprising a pair of ladder cinch down straps extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a first width end. 
   
   
       9 . The safety mat of  claim 8  further comprising a pair of ladder mounting straps for holding mat onto a top of a ladder while the ladder is lifted. 
   
   
       10 . A method of protecting a parapet cap disposed over the top of a wall and extending at least partially down each side of the wall, the method comprising
 providing a safety mat including a flexible pad having a width greater than a width of the top wall; a first cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from an interior of the pad toward a first width end; and a second cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a second width end;   placing the safety mat over the top of the wall so that first and second cinch down straps hang over different sides of the parapet cap; and   securing each of the first and second cinch down straps to a respective end of the parapet cap extending down the wall.   
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the safety mat further includes a third cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a first width end; and a fourth cinch down strap extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a second width end, the method further comprising the step of securing each of the third and fourth cinch down strap to a respective end of the parapet cap extending down the wall. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11  wherein each of the cinch down straps include hooks on an end opposite the interior of the pad. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the width of the flexible pad is dimensioned so that the flexible pad hangs over the parapet cap extending partially dow n the wall when the safety mat is in the deployed position. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the flexible pad further includes a length and an open pattern section extending the entire length of the pad and a part of the width of the pad. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the width of the open pattern section is at least as wide as the section of the parapet cap covering the top of the wall. 
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the safety mat further includes a pair of ladder cinch down straps extending at a first end thereof from the interior of the pad toward a first width end the method further comprising the step of placing a ladder against the safety mat and securing the ladder cinch straps to the ladder. 
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the safety mat further includes a pair of ladder mounting straps for holding mat onto a top of a ladder while the ladder is lifted.