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 a biasing element to selectively engage the impalement hazard and compressively hold the protective cap to the impalement hazard.
Claims18
An impalement hazard protective cap comprising first impact housing having a first, impact surface portion and a second, body portion extending from the first impact portion, the second body portion having a void therein, a plunger disposed in the void and a biasing element for pushing the plunger to one side of the void.
An impalement protective cap comprising a first, impact portion and a second, body portion, the second, body portion defining a void having an opening at an end of the second, body portion opposite the first, impact portion, a portion of the second, body portion having an gripping second having a plurality of convex structures and a plurality of concave structures, and a plunger moveable within the void, the plunger having a spring disposed adjacent thereto, the spring biasing the plunger toward the gripping surface.
A method for covering an impalement hazard, the method comprises selecting an impalement protective hazard cap having an first, impact surface portion and a second, body portion, squeezing an actuator disposed outside of the second, body portion to move a plunger disposed inside the second, body portion to move the plunger into a second, open position, inserting an end of the impalement hazard into a void in the second, body portion, and releasing the actuator so that a biasing element in the impalement hazard protective cap pushes the plunger into contact with the impalement hazard to thereby hold the impalement hazard protective cap on the impalement hazard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.