Collapsible Guardrail
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorTuan-Vu T. Phan
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods involving collapsible guardrails. An example system includes a top rail, a mid rail, an enclosure, and at least two posts. Each post includes an upper primary member, a lower primary member, an upper secondary member, and a lower secondary member. The upper primary member and the lower primary member are slidably coupled to at least one slot in the mid rail. The upper secondary member is rotatably coupled to the upper primary member and the lower secondary member is rotatably coupled to the lower primary member. The upper primary member is further coupled to the top rail and the lower primary member is coupled to the enclosure.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving information indicative of a desired configuration or a desired movement of a collapsible rail system, wherein the collapsible rail system comprises at least one actuator;
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- foldably adjusting the collapsible rail system according to the desired configuration or the desired movement by adjusting the at least one actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.