US 5,431,372 A · Safety post assembly

Abstract

A safety post assembly includes a flat mounting plate adapted to rest on a support surface, an upright post fixed in an upstanding relationship on a central portion of the mounting plate, a pair of elongated narrow anchoring straps having inner portions positioned over a pair of peripheral edge portions of the mounting plate and outer portions extending outwardly from the inner portions and the mounting plate so as to overlie portions of the support surface located adjacent to the mounting plate, and a plurality of fasteners adapted to attach the mounting plate and anchoring straps upon the support surface. The mounting plate has a plurality of holes defined therein along peripheral edge portions of the plate and in spaced relationship to one another. The anchoring straps also have pluralities of openings defined therein, some being in a spaced relationship to one another which matches the spaced relationship between the holes in the mounting plate. The fasteners are adapted to extend through openings in the anchoring straps and through holes in the mounting plate being aligned with the openings in the anchoring straps and then to be threadable into the support surface.

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Dependent claims

A safety post assembly, comprising:

(a) a flat mounting plate adapted to rest on a support surface, said flat mounting plate having a top surface and a plurality of edge portions;
(b) an upright post fixed in an upstanding relationship on a central portion of said mounting plate;
(c) a pair of elongated substantially narrow anchoring straps each extendable over a different one of a pair of said edge portions of said mounting plate in a flush contacting relationship with said top surface of said flat mounting plate and outwardly from said mounting plate so as to overlie portions of the support surface upon which said safety post assembly is mounted;
and
(d) means for attaching said straps in said flush contacting relationship upon said top surface of said mounting plate and for attaching said mounting plate and straps upon the support surface.

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A safety post assembly, comprising:

(a) a flat mounting plate adapted to rest on a support surface and having a plurality of peripheral edge portions;
(b) an upright post fixed in an upstanding relationship on a central portion of said mounting plate;
(c) a pair of elongated substantially narrow anchoring straps extendable over a different one of a pair of said peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate and outwardly from said mounting plate so as to overlie portions of the support surface upon which said safety post assembly is mounted, each of said anchoring straps having an inner portion positionable over one of said peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate, each of said anchoring straps also having an outer portion extending outwardly from said inner portion and said mounting plate so as to overlie a portion of the support surface located adjacent to said mounting plate, said pair of peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate over which said anchoring straps are positionable being disposed in opposite spaced parallel relation to each other such that said anchoring straps extend in a substantially parallel relation to one another and in a perpendicular relation to the edge of the support surface when said mounting plate is positioned along an edge of the support surface;
and
(d) means for attaching said mounting plate and anchoring straps upon the support surface;
(e) said mounting plate having a plurality of holes defined therein along said peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate and in spaced relationship to one another;
(f) said anchoring straps having pluralities of openings defined therein, some of said openings being in a spaced relationship to one another which matches said spaced relationship between said holes in said mounting plate.

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A safety post assembly, comprising:

(a) a flat mounting plate adapted to rest on a support surface, said flat mounting plate having a plurality of peripheral edge portions;
(b) an upright post fixed in an upstanding relationship on a central portion of said mounting plate;
(c) a pair of elongated substantially narrow anchoring straps extendable over a pair of said peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate and outwardly from said mounting plate so as to overlie portions of the support surface upon which said safety post assembly is mounted, each of said anchoring straps having an inner portion positionable over one of said pair of peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate, each of said anchoring straps also having an outer portion extending outwardly from said inner portion and said mounting plate so as to overlie a portion of the support surface located adjacent to said mounting plate, said pair of said peripheral edge portions of said mounting plate over which said anchoring straps are positionable extending at a substantially right angle relation to one another such that said anchoring straps extend in a substantially perpendicular criss-cross relationship to one another and in perpendicular relationships to respective edges of the support surface forming a corner thereof when said mounting plate is positioned at the corner of the support surface;
and
(d) means for attaching said mounting plate and anchoring straps upon the support surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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