Fall Protection for Buildings

Abstract

The present invention provided fall protection for buildings, comprising vertical bars attached to a substructure of building superstructures; fastening means providing a fixed connection between the vertical bars and the substructure; and one or more cross-bars attached to the vertical bars, the one or more cross-bars being attached to at least two vertical bars.

1 . Fall protection for buildings comprising
 vertical bars attached to a substructure of building superstructures;   fastening means providing a fixed connection between the vertical bars and the substructure; and   one or more cross-bars attached to the vertical bars, the one or more cross-bars being attached to at least two vertical bars.   
     
     
         2 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein the building superstructures are roof superstructures. 
     
     
         3 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening means connect the substructure and the vertical bars of different cross-section, different shape and/or different size. 
     
     
         4 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 2 , wherein the substructure for roof superstructures is one or more profile rails for solar installations. 
     
     
         5 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein the vertical bars are secured in the fastening means with a securing bolt. 
     
     
         6 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more cross-bars are attached to the vertical bars by means of connections. 
     
     
         7 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more cross-bars are connected to further cross-bars by means of pipe connectors. 
     
     
         8 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , wherein two or three cross-bars are attached to the vertical bars. 
     
     
         9 . Fall protection for buildings according to  claim 2 , wherein the fall protection is located in the region of the verge. 
     
     
         10 . Fall protection for buildings of  claim 4 , wherein the solar installation is a photovoltaic (PV) installation. 
     
     
         11 . Use of a fall protection for buildings according to  claim 1 , for fall protection. 
     
     
         12 . Use of a fall protection for buildings according to  claim 11 , wherein the fall protection is used at the verge of a roof. 
     
     
         13 . A method of attaching a fall protection to buildings, the method comprising:
 a) fastening of a vertical bar by means of a fastening means to a substructure of building superstructures present on the building;   b) fastening at least one further vertical bar by means of a further fastening means to a further part of the substructure;   c) attaching one or more cross-bars to the vertical bars.   
     
     
         14 . The method of attaching a fall protection to buildings according to  claim 13 , wherein the one or more cross-bars are attached to the first vertical bar directly after step a), before step b) is performed. 
     
     
         15 . The method of attaching a fall protection to buildings according to  claim 13 , comprising the step of attaching a further vertical bar and attaching one or more cross-bars to the further and the last attached vertical bar, optionally repeating the step one or more times.