Patent ID: 6131979
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B60N,B61D

Abstract:
A safety hand rail, in combination with a vehicle having a cargo door, a floor and sidewalls, the hand rail consisting of:a first mounting plate attached to the floor of the vehicle adjacent the cargo door, the first mounting plate including a floor flange attached to the floor and a floor socket extending up from the floor flange;a second mounting plate attached to the sidewalls of the vehicle adjacent the cargo door spaced above the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate including a sidewall flange attached to the sidewall and a sidewall socket extending out from the sidewall, the sidewall socket having an opening adapted to receive a set screw;a pole including a vertical section having a first end, and a horizontal section having a second end, the first end being matingly received within the floor socket, and the second end being matingly received within the sidewall socket and secured therein by the set screw; andwherein the floor socket and the sidewall socket are circular and the vertical section of the pole is about four feet in length.