Patent ID: 7255312

Claim:
A support post for a safety fence assembly, the post having a floor engaging end, a shaft coupled at one end to said floor engaging end and having a free end which is threaded along at least a portion of its length, a first longitudinally extending tube having an internal nut for threaded engagement with said shaft, a second longitudinally extending tube adapted for sliding telescoping engagement with said first tube; and a ceiling engaging end coupled to said second tube, the first tube having a series of longitudinally spaced apertures for receiving a lock to fix the relative position of said first and second telescoping tubes, said first tube defining an outer tube and said second tube defining an inner tube, the inner tube having a pendulum lock pivoted to an operatively lower end of a pendulum stem slidingly received in the inner tube, the pendulum lock being adapted to locate in a selected one of said apertures in the outer tube to fix the relative position of the telescoping inner and outer tubes.