Safety fence assembly for use in a building under construction

A safety fence assembly for mounting to a floor of a building under construction comprising:

• post means adapted to be vertically mounted to said floor, said post means having upper and lower ends;
• at least one guard rail structure including an upper rail, a lower rail and upright means having opposite upper and lower ends thereof secured to said upper and lower rails to define therewith a frame;
• fixed hinge means secured to said upper rail at one end thereof, said fixed hinge means including:
• (i) a vertically extending pivot member adapted to be pivotally mounted to the upper end of said post means, or to hinge means of an adjacently disposed guard rail structure, and
• (ii) a horizontally extending support member having an opening therethrough to receive a vertically extending pivot member of an adjacently disposed guard rail structure;
• and
• movable hinge means slidably mounted on said upper rail remote from said one end thereof, said movable hinge means including:
• (i) a first member slidably mounted on said upper rail;
• (ii) a pivot member vertically extending from said first member and adapted to be pivotally mounted to hinge means of an adjacently disposed guard rail structure, or to the upper end of said post means;
• and
• (iii) a support member horizontally extending from said first member and having an opening therethrough for receiving a vertically extending member of a hinge means of an adjacently disposed guard rail frame structure.