Patent ID: 6094863
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
In an elevated walkway having a stairwell and a ladder in the stairwell for use in moving through the stairwell to another level, a gate comprising a U-shaped frame having a generally vertical bight and an upper and a lower vertically spaced, parallel, horizontal legs, means for mounting the gate for pivotal movement around a vertical axis through ends of the legs opposite the bight between a first position preventing access to such opening and a second position allowing passage into and out of the opening, stop means for allowing the gate to pivot in only one direction from the first position to the second position, said stop means including means to adjust the first position as required by a location of the opening, and resilient means urging the gate toward the first position to maintain the gate in the first position extending across the opening to prevent passage there through in one direction when the gate is not forceably held in the second position, the improvement comprising an attachment connected to and extending below of the gate to reduce the possibility of a person slipping feet first under the gate into the stairwell said attachment comprising a generally rectangular frame of flat steel bar stock that is bent into a rectangular shape and means connecting the attachment to the lower horizontal leg of the gate to reduce a space between a bottom of the gate and a catwalk.