Patent ID: 6595498
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety barrier assembly which comprises first and second fence sections which are interconnected and pivotable relative to each other by upper and lower hinge links, each of said upper and lower hinge links including a first hinge portion attached to said first fence section and a second hinge portion attached to said second fence section, one of said first and second hinge portions including a depression whose side wall includes teeth and the other of said first and second hinge portions including a projection having teeth in a periphery thereof, said projection fitting into said depression so that the teeth thereof are engagable, a control pin about which the hinge portions can rotate, a connecting pin which extends between said upper and lower hinge links, and a spring between said connecting pin and said upper hinge link to bias said connecting pin toward said lower hinge link.