Patent ID: 8366079

Claim:
Safety system comprising, in combination: at least a first railing including a vertical post, with the vertical post having a diameter; a post receptor defining an enclosure having cross sections of an elongated shape having a length and a width perpendicular to the length, with the enclosure having an open top parallel with the cross sections, with the width of the elongated shape being generally equal to but slightly larger than the diameter of the vertical post for allowing slideable receipt of the vertical post without binding, with the length of the elongated shape being generally larger than double the diameter of the vertical post; an L-shaped member having a first leg secured to the enclosure and extending outwardly parallel to the cross sections, with the L-shaped member further including a second leg extending generally perpendicularly from the first leg; a T-shaped bracket including a head, with the second leg being slideably mounted to the head; an adjustment rod rotatably mounted in the head and threadably received in the second leg, with the T-shaped bracket including an appendage extending perpendicular from the head and spaced from and parallel to the first leg; and an L-shaped jaw including a first leg slideably mounted to the appendage; a bolt extending through the appendage and the first leg of the L-shaped jaw, with the L-shaped jaw further including a second leg extending perpendicular to the first leg of the L-shaped jaw and arranged perpendicular to the appendage and the first leg of the L-shaped member.