Transformer-integrated guardrail apparatus and kit
AssigneeCV International, Inc.
InventorAlan Michael O'Shea
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Abstract
An apparatus and related kit for forming the apparatus that includes a modular perimeter guardrail assembly useful on top of electrical transformers found in industrial settings. The apparatus and kit includes a plurality of anchors, each said anchor providing a post support and removably attachable to an edge of an electrical transformer; a plurality of post assemblies, each post assembly removably attached to a corresponding one of said anchors in a vertical orientation; a plurality of brace assemblies, each brace assembly removably attached to at least two of said post assemblies; and at least one midrail clamp assembly capable of providing removable attachment to exactly two of said brace assemblies at a midpoint thereof.
Claims24
A guardrail apparatus for use with an electrical transformer, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of anchors, each anchor providing a post support and removably attachable to an edge of an electrical transformer;
- a plurality of post assemblies, each post assembly removably attached to a corresponding one of said anchors in a vertical orientation;
- a plurality of brace assemblies, each brace assembly removably attached to at least two of said post assemblies, and
- at least one midrail clamp assembly capable of providing removable attachment to two of said brace assemblies at a midpoint thereof, each midrail clamp assembly comprising a rigid member that extends continuously between two ends, each end being fixedly attached to one of the two brace assemblies.
A kit for a guardrail apparatus used with an electrical transformer, said kit comprising:
- a plurality of anchors, each anchor capable of providing a post support and removable attachment to an edge of an electrical transformer;
- a plurality of post assemblies, each post assembly capable of providing removable attachment to a corresponding one of said anchors in a vertical orientation;
- a plurality of brace assemblies, each brace assembly capable of providing removable attachment to at least two of said post assemblies;
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- at least one midrail clamp assembly capable of providing removable attachment to exactly two of said brace assemblies at a midpoint thereof, each midrail clamp assembly comprising a rigid member that extends continuously between two ends, each end being fixedly attached to one of the two brace assemblies.
A guardrail apparatus for use with an electrical transformer having permanently affixed thereto one or more post supports, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of post assemblies, each said post assembly configured to be removably attached in a vertical orientation to a corresponding post support of the electrical transformer;
- a plurality of brace assemblies, each said brace assembly removably attached to at least two of said post assemblies, and
- at least one midrail clamp assembly capable of providing removable attachment to exactly two of said brace assemblies at a midpoint thereof, each midrail clamp assembly comprising a rigid member that extends continuously between two ends, each end being fixedly attached to one of the two brace assemblies,
- wherein each said midrail clamp assembly includes two quick-release levers for attachment and detachment to and from said brace assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.