Abstract: A roofing safety system having several components that when installed in various combinations permits access to all locations on the roof's surface and allows roofing personnel to be continuously secured to the safety system from the time the roofer leaves the ground to do a roofing job until he descends back to the ground when the job is finished. Included is a roofing crown anchor assembly for installment over an upper surface of a pitched roof's crown. Two end anchor assemblies are positioned upon the crown in opposing orientation with at least one flexible cord connected between the end anchor assemblies. Each end anchor assembly has a pair of end anchors located on opposite sides of the crown. Each pair of end anchors has a crown spanning belt connected therebetween that extends over the crown. The belt is constructed from pliable material that substantially conforms to the upper surface of the crown.

Abstract: A roofing safety system having several components that when installed in various combinations permits access to all locations on the roof's surface and allows roofing personnel to be continuously secured to the safety system from the time the roofer leaves the ground to do a roofing job until he descends back to the ground when the job is finished, a roofing anchor for attachment to a pitched roof's upper surface and to which roofing personnel make releasable connections. The roofing anchor includes a base plate that has a lower surface that is at least partially planar. The lower surface is capable of abutting engagement with the top upper surface of the pitched roof. The anchor has an elevational extension member that is connected to the base plate in a fixed orientation. An engagement plate is connected to the elevational extension member also at a fixed orientation. Releasable connections are made to the engagement plate by roofing personnel.

Abstract: A roofing safety system having several components that when installed in various combinations permits access to all locations on the roof's surface and allows roofing personnel to be continuously secured to the safety system from the time the roofer leaves the ground to do a roofing job until he descends back to the ground when the job is finished. Included is a one-way ascender having a substantially cylindrical body that has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The body also has two open ends, one opposite the other. The two open ends establish an entrance port and an exit port through which a safety rope is insertable through the body. There is a ratchet member for allowing the rope to pass in a direction from the insert port to the exit port and for restraining movement of the rope in an opposite direction from the exit port to the insert port. A rope conduit sized to accommodate a safety rope is formed within a substantially cylindrical interior space of the ascender body.