Patent ID: 7273200

Claim:
Safety equipment for building sites including several safety posts and fencing, the fencing being attached between adjacent safety posts, each of said safety posts comprising at least two telescopic tubes equipped with a locking mechanism to prevent the post from moving, each of the safety posts having hooks on the side for connecting to openings in the fencing, the fencing comprising a structure of horizontal bars and reinforcing bars, wherein the safety equipment further includes an upper safety piece comprising a vertical holding piece having a lower end which has a horizontal extension ending in an inclined plane, the upper safety piece further including a vertically moveable horizontal piece and locking equipment for the vertically moveable horizontal piece, the upper safety piece being designed to trap a building's cornice or protuberance between the horizontal extension and the vertically moveable horizontal piece using the inclined plane, the inclined plane being supported on the upper end of the safety post.