Patent ID: 6857677

Claim:
A portable safety rail arrangement sized to be selectively mounted and removed from stake pockets in a flatbed trailer; the safety rail arrangement comprising: (a) a first post having a first post base defining a first free end; (i) the first post base being sized and configured for the first free end to be selectively insertable and removable from a stake pocket of a flatbed trailer; (b) a second post, spaced from the first post, and having a second post base and defining a second free end; (i) the second post base being sized and configured for the second free end to be selectively insertable and removable from a stake pocket of a flatbed trailer; (c) a closed loop handrail secured to the first post and the second post to form an assembly; the handrail being spaced from the first post base and second post base; (i) the handrail, the first post, and the second post being co-planar; and (d) a retaining mechanism selectively engageable to secure the first post, second post, and handrail assembly to a flatbed trailer.