Patent ID: 6471004
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B66F,E04G

Abstract:
A self locking basket assembly (16) for a personnel lift comprising a base platform (102), anda gate system (100) for releaseably securing a worker within the basket assembly, the gate system (100) including a gate (200) operatively mounted on a pivotable self locking mechanism (180), the locking mechanism (180) including a hinge pin (188), a locking member (190) coaxially positioned around at least a section of the hinge pin (188), and a pivoting member (210) coaxially positioned on the hinge pin (188), the locking member (190) including a locking member notch (194) which is in mating engagement with a first gate notch (218) on the pivoting member (210) when the gate (200) is in a closed position, whereby the pivoting member (210) is capable of axially and circumferentially pivoting on an axis that is on an angle to both the horizontal and vertical along the pivot pin (188), and whereby the locking member (190) is disengaged when a vertical and horizontal force is applied to the pivoting member (210).