Retrofit Roof Ridge Anchor

Abstract

A device, system and method for providing an assembly configured for hooking to a ridge rafter of a building is provided. In one embodiment the device comprises a single piece unit, made from steel or another sufficiently strong material which is hooked at one end and looped at the other end thus forming an eye. The hook starts by turning a 90 degree and then a 0 degree to 180 degree turn. The compound angle thus formed allows the device to be angled into a small opening. The device is used to hook the ridge rafter from the bottom side of a building roof while having a tie-off point for fall protection.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . In a wood roof having a truss structure composed of an array of a spaced apart joist running substantially perpendicular to a roof edge, a roof tie-off anchoring system, comprising: an anchoring assembly comprising a top eye portion, a main body portion, a bottom hook portion, the anchoring assembly further comprising a roof surface tightening assembly, the roof surface tightening assembly comprised of, in combination, a washer and a tightening sleeve, the bottom hook in releasable locking engagement with an underside of the joist through a hole in the roof edge and the roof surface tightening assembly in releasable locking engagement with an upper side of the roof edge.