| 摘要 |
<p>A multi-directional roof anchor for fitment to a roofing material affixed to a building, wherein the anchor is shaped so as to progressively distort under sudden load, the anchor having a generally planar structure, having a first fixing region or regions for fitment to a roofing material, with means provided therein by which the anchor can be affixed either directly to the roofing material, or through the roofing material, to the supporting structure below; a second attachment region for attaching devices, apparatus or equipment to the anchor; and a third shock absorbing region intermediate between the first and second regions and integral therewith, the third region comprising one or more shock absorbing portions, shaped so as to provide gradual or progressive absorption of a sudden load applied to the anchor as would occur in the event of a fall of a person attached thereto, the absorption provided either by the third region alone or the third region in combination with one or both of the other two regions, the anchor further having the ability to absorb such load when applied to it from any direction.</p> |
