Safety equipment for building sites

• US 7,273,200 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Issued: 09/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tomas Funes Gavilan
• Original Assignee: Tomas Funes Gavilan
• Inventors: Funes Gavilan, Tomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman; Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Epps; Todd M.
• Application Number:
  US10/547,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20060108176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: 248/354.1, 248/354.3, 248/354.4, 248/354.7, 256/65, 256/59, 256/65.01, 256/68, 256/DIG.6, 52D/IG.12, 254/102, 182/2.1, 182/2.11, 182/27
• US Class Current: 248/354.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/3233 without permanent provision in the floor or roof
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 25/06 with parts held together by positive means
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 25/061 by pins
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 25/065 by a threaded nut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 256/06 Building construction guard rail

Abstract

The invention relates to a construction safety assembly. The inventive assembly comprises: safety posts with non-skid ends, which are provided with means for the rapid connection of a barrier; and, optionally, an upper jack-type safety element having a lower horizontal protrusion along an inclined plane, which is used to brace the cornice or projecting element of a building and which can also comprise the aforementioned barrier connection means. The adjustable-length barrier comprises a base which covers the lower part thereof. In this way, the invention provides a dual safety assembly of very simple construction, which can be used to guarantee the collective safety of labourers performing external and internal construction work and prevent accidents.

Claims

1. Safety equipment for building sites including several safety posts and fencing, the fencing being attached between adjacent safety posts, each of said safety posts comprising at least two telescopic tubes equipped with a locking mechanism to prevent the post from moving, each of the safety posts having hooks on the side for connecting to openings in the fencing, the fencing comprising a structure of horizontal bars and reinforcing bars, wherein the safety equipment further includes an upper safety piece comprising a vertical holding piece having a lower end which has a horizontal extension ending in an inclined plane, the upper safety piece further including a vertically moveable horizontal piece and locking equipment for the vertically moveable horizontal piece, the upper safety piece being designed to trap a building'"'"'s cornice or protuberance between the horizontal extension and the vertically moveable horizontal piece using the inclined plane, the inclined plane being supported on the upper end of the safety post.

2. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 1, wherein the upper safety piece is equipped with hooks for rapid connection of transverse fencing.

3. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism prevents movement of the telescopic tubes on the safety post, the locking mechanism including a tight fitting tubular part surrounding the central part of the safety post where the telescopic tubes join, the tight fitting tubular part being threaded on the inside to join with an outside thread on an upper part of the lower telescopic tube, so that when the tight fitting tube is turned to tighten the tight fitting tube, there is a vertical movement of the tight fitting tube towards the upper telescopic tube until the tight fitting tube butts up against a rod housed in an opening in the upper telescopic tube, the tight fitting tube having at least one side opening to locate at least one lever key which turns the tight fitting tube.

4. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 1, wherein hooks are in pairs on the safety post to be placed into openings on the fencing, each hook in these pairs being at a different height to prevent the hooks from interfering with the fencing.

5. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal bars are extendible in length to vary the operating length of the fencing.

6. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism prevents the movement of the telescopic tubes on the safety post, the locking mechanism including a tight fitting tube to lock the position of the telescopic tubes.

7. Safety equipment for building sites according to claim 3, wherein the locking mechanism, preventing the movement of the telescopic tubes on the safety post, includes a safety locking part to prevent the rod from falling out of the safety post.