Collapsible safety rail system
AssigneeBlueWater Manufacturing LLC
InventorsGregory S. Kenton, Anthony J. Mertes
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Abstract
A collapsible safety rail system for providing a portable or permanent protective barrier to provide for fall prevention from elevated or other work areas. Lockable pivot assemblies are located between heavy bases and the end posts of collapsible safety rail assemblies. Removable detent pins are utilized to lock the pivot assemblies to maintain the erected position of the collapsible safety rail assemblies in protective vertical orientation or are removed to allow maneuvering of the collapsible safety rail assemblies to a minimum viewable profile position when not required for personnel protection.
Claims13
1-16. (canceled)
A collapsible and free-standing safety rail system, the system comprising:
- a base for supporting at least one vertical post, the base comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- a plurality of opposed cutouts distributed on the base, each cutout extending between the top surface to the planar bottom surface, each cutout defining a handle, and wherein the handles have an opposed relationship to each other;
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- at least one tubular aperture extending upwardly from the planar top surface of the base;
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- at least one removable pivot assembly, the pivot assembly comprising:
- a tubular section having a lower end insertable into the tubular aperture and an upper end of the tubular section comprising an upper bracket portion;
- a mounting connection wherein the mounting connection is pivotably secured to the tubular section and the mounting connection having an upper and a lower end wherein the upper end is adapted for vertical connection to the vertical post and the lower end is adapted for pivotable connection with the upper bracket portion of the tubular section;
- a pivot pin for pivotably securing the mounting connection to the tubular section;
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- a locking pin for vertically securing the mounting connection to the tubular section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.