Patent ID: 8925904
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: E04G,E04H

Abstract:
1. A safety rail that is disposed unattached upon a predetermined surface area comprising: a plurality of baseplates corresponding to a safety rail length formed from multiple rail sections, each one of said plurality of baseplates being separated from an adjacent baseplate a predetermined distance, at least one of said baseplates being disposed upon a predetermined surface area and remaining unattached to the predetermined surface area, thereby avoiding damage to the predetermined surface area; a pair of substantially vertical inner stanchions integrally joined to each one of said plurality of baseplates; a pair of substantially vertical outer stanchions, said outer stanchions being vertically joined together via at least one guard member, thereby forming a substantially vertical rail section having said pair of outer stanchions horizontally separated a predetermined distance that allows one stanchion of said pair of outer stanchions to slide upon a cooperating inner stanchion joined to one of said plurality of baseplates, said horizontal separation allowing an opposing outer stanchion of said pair of outer stanchions to simultaneously slide upon a cooperating inner stanchion joined to a baseplate adjacent to said one of said plurality of baseplates; and means for removably securing an outer stanchion disposed upon a cooperating inner stanchion, said removable securing means including an elongated sleeve integral with and extending from an upper surface, said sleeve having a longitudinal dimension and an inner diameter that cooperate to snugly receive and longitudinally engage a corresponding portion of a joining member of said removable securing means to provide rigidity and stability to said outer stanchions after said joining member is secured to said inner stanchion, whereby a plurality of said baseplates and said inner stanchions cooperated with a plurality of said rail sections to ultimately form a safety rail that remains vertically disposed about a predetermined surface area without attaching said baseplates to the predetermined surface area.