Impalement hazard protective cap
OwnerJeffrey Marshallinventor
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Abstract
A protective cap to cover impalement hazards, by means of increasing the surface area associated with said hazard may include utilizing a metal plate embedded within a plastic/polymer cap, with a flat top and a receiving shaft housing below, with mechanical means of securing the cap to said hazard with a mechanical plunger. The mechanical plunger is driven from the exterior of the housing by means of rotating a threaded shaft to selectively engage the impalement hazard and compressively hold the protective cap to the impalement hazard.
Claims21
A protective cap comprising an impact surface and a body extending downwardly from the impact surface, the body defining a void, the protective cap further comprising a moveable plunger within the void, the plunger being spring loaded and movable toward a sidewall of the body defining the void and wherein the void has a first level having a first cross-sectional area between the plunger and the sidewall and a second level having a second cross-sectional area between the plunger and the sidewall, the second cross-sectional area being smaller than the first cross-sectional area.
A protective cap for impalement hazards comprising:
- a housing with an impact surface and a body portion extending away from the first impact surface, the body portion having a sidewall defining a void, one portion of the sidewall being generally flat and an opposing portion of the sidewall being stepped to define a plurality of levels including a first level of the void having a first cross-sectional area and a second level of the void having a second cross-sectional area above the first cross-sectional area, the second cross-sectional area being smaller than the first cross-sectional area, and further comprising a plunger movable from a first location adjacent the generally flat portion of the sidewall within the void toward the opposing sidewall for holding an impalement hazard in the void and against the sidewall defining one level of the plurality of levels of the opposing sidewall.
A method for securing an impalement hazard, the method comprising:
- selecting an impalement hazard cap having a first, impact surface portion and a second, body portion having a sidewall defining a void, the void having a first level wherein the void has a first cross-sectional area at the first level and a second level, above the first level, wherein the void has a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area at the second level, and a moveable plunger disposed in the void, the movable plunger being spring loaded to move toward an opposing portion of the sidewall;
- disposing an end of the impalement hazard within the void so that the impalement hazard extends into the first level or the second level depending on the size of the impalement hazard, and
- advancing the plunger to push the impalement hazard against a portion of the opposing portion of the sidewall of the body portion opposite the plunger to maintain the impalement hazard against a portion of sidewall of the second, body portion opposite the plunger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.