Patent ID: 8882083

Claim:
A guardrail for protecting persons being present on open floors of buildings or scaffolds against accidentally falling out of the opening of such floors, comprising a number of constructional elements and connectors for assembling the constructional elements to a coherent guardrail, wherein the connectors comprise at least one first connector which has a longitudinal shape and is formed with at least one longitudinal extending slot, and at least one second connector consisting of a first connector part to be connected to the at least one constructional element and a second connector part to connect the first connector part to the at least one first connector while engaging the at least one longitudinal extending slot of the first connector; wherein the at least one constructional element includes a frame adapted to change its height and width in such way that the guardrail extends all the way between two succeeding open floors and a panel releasably mounted in the frame in such way that the frame is allowed to change the height and width and wherein the guardrail is a temporary guardrail.