Safety gate and guard for such a gate
OwnerDavid LaCookinventor
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Abstract
On a spring-biased safety gate, a guard plate is mounted to a gate member with the same hardware that mounts the stop to the gate. The guard plate is preferably formed of plate metal to define a plate mounting area and a pair of guard plates that extend perpendicularly from either side of the plate mounting area. In that way, each of the pair of guard plates extends in a direction parallel to the gate a distance sufficient to shield the mounting hardware behind the guard plate and the stop.
Claims12
A safety gate for closing the opening in a guard rail, the gate comprising:
- a. a gate member;
- b. mounting hardware to pivotably mount the gate member to the guard rail, the mounting hardware including a stop;
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- c. a guard plate mounted to the gate member, the guard plate defining a laterally extending outer plate portion extending from a point along the gate member to a point beyond the stop.
A guard adapted to be mounted to a safety gate for closing the opening in a guard rail, the gate comprising a gate member and mounting hardware to pivotably mount the gate member to the guard rail, the mounting hardware including a stop, wherein the guard comprises a guard plate mounted to the gate member, the guard plate defining a laterally extending outer plate portion extending from a point along the gate member to a point beyond the stop.
A method of mounting a guard to a safety gate, comprising the steps of:
- a. mounting the safety gate to a guard rail, the gate comprising a gate member and mounting hardware to pivotably mount the gate member to the guard rail, the mounting hardware including a stop;
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- b. affixing a guard plate to the safety gate to provide a guard, the guard plate defining a laterally extending outer plate portion extending from a point along the gate member to a point beyond the stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.