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.
Claims20
A protective cap for impalement hazards, the cap comprising housing having a first, impact surface portion and a second, body portion having a void therein for receiving an impact hazard and a plunger movable within the void.
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 defining a void;
- disposing an end of the impalement hazard within the void;
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- rotating a bolt to advance a plunger disposed in the void to engage the impalement hazard and push the impalement hazard into contact with an opposing side of the second, body portion to thereby compressively engage the impalement hazard between the plunger and the sidewall of the second, body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.