Patent ID: 6038829
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: E04G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An adaptable safety rail system for flat roofs and parapets, comprising:a) a post support and security junction piece having a pair of opposing stabilizer bars in one plane, a third stabilizer bar joined substantially perpendicular to the opposing stabilizer bars in the same plane, an extension bar joined to the three stabilizer bars substantially perpendicular to the opposing stabilizer bars in the same plane and aligned with the third stabilizer bar, and a protruding bar extending substantially perpendicular from the said plane, the opposing stabilizer bars having holes therein adapted to receive a shaft of a lag bolt whereby the post support and security junction piece can be bolted securely to a roof, wall or other elevated surface;b) a first clamp means mountable on the extension bar and a second, cooperating clamp means mountable on the third stabilizer bar, whereby the junction piece can be clamped onto a parapet;c) an upright post adapted to fit into one of the bars after the junction piece is bolted to a roof or to a wall abutting the edge of a roof, or is clamped to a parapet by the clamping means, the upright post having at least one bracket, adapted to hold one or two rail members;d) post securing means for retaining the upright post in one of the bars;e) rail securing means for retaining a rail member in the bracket;whereby the system can be readily attached to and detached from a roof that is flat right up to an edge of the roof, to a wall abutting a roof, or to a parapet along an edge of the roof.