Stairway safety bars
OwnerJoel Aragonainventor
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Abstract
A pair of parallel safety bars are track-mounted above the stairs of a stairway. The safety bars are formed so as to be gripped by the user in ascending or descending the stairs. The user steps between the bars, with each bar being hinged to permit such access, and grabs the bar in the direction of ascent or descent. The track-mounted end of the bar is pivotally connected to a shoe which slides in the track as the person moves on the bar downwardly on the bar or the weight of the user pulls the bar downwardly, friction braking elements on the shoe and in the track are contactingly engaged to restrict further movement of the bar thereby preventing the user from falling down the stairs.
Claims11
A stairway safety device comprising:
- a track, and means to mount the track so that the track is parallel to the plane of the stairway, said track being formed with a slot;
- a pair of bars, said bars being in spaced parallel disposition and being parallel to the stairs and disposed in the plane of the stairway, said space between the bars permitting a user to be disposed therebetween;
- said track comprising means for mounting the bars for sliding movement within the track and means for restricting the movement of one of the bars when the bar is moved downwardly;
- whereby the user in ascending or descending the stairs, steps between the bars and grips the bar forward in the direction of ascent or descent, the moves the bar in the respective direction of ascent or descent along the plane of the stairway and the bars slide within the track, and where the user in losing his balance causes a bar to move downwardly to engage the means for restricting movement, so that the bar is restricted from further movement to prevent the user from falling down the stairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.