Counter-balance weight for a modular safety rail
AssigneeThe Access Technologies
InventorDavid Townend
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Abstract
A counter-balance weight for a modular safety rail comprises a substantially solid body which defines a passage to receive an end of an elongate spacer member, a recess region to house a retainer of a kind selectively securable to the elongate spacer member, an access opening for access to the retainer, and a retainer abutment to inhibit movement of the retainer in an axial direction which is parallel with the length direction of the elongate member.
Claims33
A counter-balance weight for a modular safety rail comprising a substantially solid body, said body defining
- a passage to receive an end of an elongate spacer member;
- a recess region to house a retainer of a kind selectively securable to the elongate spacer member;
- an access opening for access to the retainer, and
- a retainer abutment to inhibit movement of the retainer in an axial direction which is parallel with the length direction of the elongate member,
- and a retainer comprising a retainer ring, wherein the size of the access opening enables the retainer to be inserted through that opening into the recess region.
A counter-balance weight for a modular safety rail comprising a substantially solid body, said body defining
- a passage to receive an end of an elongate spacer member;
- a recess region to house a retainer of a kind selectively securable to the elongate spacer member;
- an access opening for access to the retainer, and
- a retainer abutment to inhibit movement of the retainer in an axial direction which is parallel with the length direction of the elongate member, and
- a retainer comprising a retainer ring, wherein the size of the access opening only allows access to the retainer for the purpose of securing the retainer to an elongate spacer member or for release of the retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.