Rooftop perimeter safety system

Abstract

A safety barrier system for use in roofing and other roof-top projects requiring perimeter safety fencing or railing. Multiple, adjustable components allow for separation of support members from a rooftop deck for application of roofing material, adaptation for installations involving a varieties of rooftop perimeter configurations and obstacles, and, in some embodiments, later reinstallation without requirements for reinstallation of building side anchor components.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A reversibly attachable safety barrier system comprising:
 a barrier system support frame;   horizontal surface engagement means for supporting said barrier system support frame through engagement with a substantially horizontal surface of a structure;   vertical surface engagement means for supporting said barrier system support frame through engagement with a substantially vertical surface of said structure simultaneously with said horizontal surface engagement means' engagement with said horizontal surface;   a building side anchor member configured for engagement with one or more components of said barrier system;   anchor suspension means for supporting said building side anchor member, said anchor suspension mean being constructed of materials comprising a user-destructible material; and   anchor suspension means attachment means for attaching said anchor suspension means to said structure.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said anchor suspension means and said anchor suspension means attachment means are configured for attachment to said structure beneath said structure's roofing moisture barrier, without substantial post-attachment displacement or disfiguration of said moisture barrier and for allowing remaining portions of said anchor suspension means to extend from the attachment site to and downward from an adjacent intersection of said structure's top surface a said structure's exterior, substantially vertical surface. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed of woven filaments. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed of synthetic, polymeric webbing. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed of woven filaments. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed of synthetic, polymeric webbing. 
     
     
         7 . A reversibly attachable safety barrier system comprising:
 a barrier system support frame;   horizontal surface engagement means for supporting said barrier system support frame through engagement with a substantially horizontal surface of a structure;   vertical surface engagement means for supporting said barrier system support frame through engagement with a substantially vertical surface of said structure simultaneously with said horizontal surface engagement means' engagement with said horizontal surface;   a building side anchor member configured for engagement with one or more components of said barrier system;   anchor suspension means for supporting said building side anchor member, said anchor suspension mean being constructed substantially of a material that is of substantial, molecular and structural uniformity.   anchor suspension means attachment means for attaching said anchor suspension means to said structure.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7  wherein said anchor suspension means and said anchor suspension means attachment means are configured for attachment to said structure beneath said structure's roofing moisture barrier, without substantial post-attachment displacement or disfiguration of said moisture barrier and for allowing remaining portions of said anchor suspension means to extend from the attachment site to and downward from an adjacent intersection of said structure's top surface a said structure's exterior, substantially vertical surface. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed from materials selected from a group consisting of metals, polymer plastics, and carbon-fiber-based strapping. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said anchor suspension means is constructed from materials selected from a group consisting of metals, polymer plastics, and carbon-fiber-based strapping. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 7  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 4  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said a barrier system support frame is configured to include barrier system support frame adjustment means for facilitating adjustment of said barrier system's components' relative positioning to accommodate structures of varying configurations and obstacles at roofing perimeters.