Construction safety screen system

Abstract

A construction safety screen system includes a flexible net member sized to cover an opening of a building, a plurality of straps attached to the flexible net member, and a plurality of oval snap hooks each being securable to the distal end of one of the plurality of straps and to one of a plurality of fasteners attached to the concrete building structure surrounding the opening.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A safety apparatus for covering an opening in a building structure; said safety apparatus comprising:
 a net having an arrangement of cord segments forming a plurality of openings and said net having at least one peripheral edge, and said net being sized, structured and configured to substantially block the opening in the building structure to prevent a human body from passing through the opening;   a net securing assembly for holding the net taut in blocking relation to the opening in the building structure, and said net securing assembly including:
 a plurality of fasteners structured to be anchored to the building structure adjacent to the opening; 
 a plurality of straps attached to the at least one peripheral edge of said net at spaced intervals along said at least one peripheral edge and in corresponding alignment with said plurality of fasteners; 
 a plurality of hook members each being structured and disposed to be secured to one of said plurality of straps and a correspondingly aligned one of said plurality of fasteners; and 
 wherein said net is stretched and held taut in blocking relation to the opening by said net securing assembly. 
   
     
     
         2 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 1  wherein said cord segments are formed of a resilient, flexible material. 
     
     
         3 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 2  wherein said net further comprises a flexible frame border along said at least one peripheral edge. 
     
     
         4 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 3  wherein said net includes four of said peripheral side edges. 
     
     
         5 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 4  wherein said flexible frame border is formed of a resilient, flexible material. 
     
     
         6 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 5  wherein said plurality of straps are each adapted to be adjustably secured between said flexible frame border and the corresponding aligned hook member. 
     
     
         7 . A safety apparatus for covering an opening in a building structure; said safety apparatus comprising:
 a net having an arrangement of cord segments forming a plurality of openings and said net having at least one peripheral edge and a flexible frame border along said at least one peripheral edge, and said net being sized, structured and configured to substantially block the opening in the building structure to prevent a human body from passing through the opening;   a net securing assembly for holding the net taut in blocking relation to the opening in the building structure, and said net securing assembly including:
 a plurality of fasteners structured to be anchored to the building structure adjacent to the opening; 
 a plurality of straps attached to said flexible frame border of said net at spaced intervals along said at least one peripheral edge and in corresponding alignment with said plurality of fasteners; 
 a plurality of hook members each being structured and disposed to be secured to one of said plurality of straps and a correspondingly aligned one of said plurality of fasteners; and 
 wherein said net is stretched and held taut in blocking relation to the opening by said net securing assembly. 
   
     
     
         8 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 7  wherein said net includes four of said peripheral side edges. 
     
     
         9 . The safety apparatus as recited in  claim 7  wherein said plurality of straps are each adapted to be adjustably secured between said flexible frame border and the correspondingly aligned hook member to pull the net taut within the opening of the building structure.