Guardrail apparatus and system
OwnerNicholas S. Cookinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a guardrail system are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure installing a guardrail on a wall element, the guardrail having a first post, a second post at a post spacing distance from the first post, and at least one rail connecting the posts, comprising the steps of clamping a first post support device to a top end of the wall element, clamping a second post support device to the top end of the wall element at the guardrail spacing distance from the first post support device, and installing the guardrail on the wall element by receiving of one guardrail post by the first post support device receptacle and receiving of the other guardrail post by the second support device receptacle.
Claims20
A guardrail system comprising:
- a guardrail including a plurality of guardrail members, wherein each guardrail member has a tubular cross-section, the plurality of guardrail members comprising:
- two guardrail posts spaced a post-spacing distance apart;
- a top rail consisting of a single piece of material and rigidly connected to and spanning continuously over a top end of each guardrail post, wherein each end of the top rail is connected to a middle portion of the proximal guardrail post of the two guardrail posts by that end of the top rail extending continuously outward past the top end of the proximal guardrail post, turning continuously downward, and then extending continuously inward towards the proximal guardrail post such that that end of the top rail is juxtaposed with and connected to a mid-portion of the proximal guardrail post;
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- two post support devices, each post support device comprising:
- an adjustable locking clamp including a generally horizontal cross-member;
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- a receptacle adapted to receive and support one of the two guardrail posts, the receptacle rigidly coupled to a top side of the cross-member and extending upward from the cross-member, wherein the guardrail system further comprises the guardrail coupled to the post support devices by each guardrail post being received by one receptacle.
A method for installing a guardrail on a wall element, comprising the steps of:
- providing the guardrail including a plurality of guardrail members, wherein each guardrail member has a tubular cross-section, the plurality of guardrail members comprising two guardrail posts spaced a post-spacing distance apart and a top rail consisting of a single piece of material and rigidly connected to and spanning continuously over a top end of each guardrail post, wherein each end of the top rail is connected to a middle portion of the proximal guardrail post of the two guardrail posts by that end of the top rail extending continuously outward past the top end of the proximal guardrail post, turning continuously downward, and then extending continuously inward towards the proximal guardrail post such that the end of the top rail is juxtaposed with the middle portion of the proximal guardrail post;
- clamping a first post support device to a top end of the wall element, the first post support device comprising:
- a first adjustable locking clamp including a generally horizontal first cross-member;
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- a first receptacle adapted to receive and support a post end of one guardrail post, the first receptacle rigidly coupled to a top side of the first cross-member and extending upward from the first cross-member;
- clamping a second post support device to the top end of the wall element at the post-spacing distance from the first post support device, the second post support device comprising:
- a second adjustable locking clamp including a generally horizontal second cross-member;
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- a second receptacle adapted to receive and support a post end of the other guardrail post, the second receptacle rigidly coupled to a top side of the second cross-member and extending upward from the second cross-member;
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- installing the guardrail on the wall element by receiving of the one guardrail post by the first post support device receptacle and receiving of the other guardrail post by the second support device receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.