Patent ID: 7191907
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: A47B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A safety net system for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, the rack adapted for use of access equipment and sign systems in front of the rack posts and for connection of the rack posts with structural members behind the rack posts, a rear of each of the rack posts facing behind the rack posts, the safety net comprising: a pair of spaced apart uprights; upper and lower mounts structured and dimensioned for operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post; an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights; a net extending between and mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element, a first one of the uprights having a front and an opposing rear, with the rear of the first upright being open below an upper portion of the first upright; wherein the net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper element; wherein at least one of the upper mounts is formed as a U-shaped element having legs and a central connecting region and including fingers depending from the legs to define notches therein; wherein the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net relative to the posts; and and wherein the first upright is mountable to the respective rack post with at least part of the front of the first upright being adjacent the rear of the respective rack post and the opposing open rear of the first upright being spaced apart from the respective rack post.