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US 2026/0146504 A1Published application
Self-closing safety gate
AssigneePs Industries Incorporated
InventorsPeter Allen Letvin, Daniel Thomas Satrom, Chad Joseph Rose
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Abstract
Self-closing safety gate embodiments are disclosed herein. The self-closing safety gates include a hinge plate configured to rotate about a vertical support member and engage a hoop portion. In some embodiments, the hinge plate includes at least one support arm portion with a channel. In such embodiments, the channel can be configured to receive and frictionally engage a hoop arm of the hoop portion with a compressive fastener. In some embodiments, the self-closing safety gate can be damped.
Claims20
A self-closing safety gate comprising:
- a gate frame configured to extend horizontally across an access area between a vertical support member and a vertical stop member, the gate frame comprising at least one rotatable coupling portion disposed along a vertical portion of the gate frame, the at least one rotatable coupling portion configured to rotatably couple the gate frame to the vertical support member via a support bracket connected to the vertical support member to permit the gate frame to rotatably swing between an open position and a closed position;
- a spring assembly operably coupled to the gate frame and the vertical support member to bias the gate frame towards the closed position;
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- a damper assembly that opposes the force of the spring assembly bias to reduce a speed of closure of the gate frame from the open position to the closed position.
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