Patent ID: 8745799

Claim:
An apparatus that provides selectively deployable worker access with fall protection to at least a portion of the top of a container disposed above the ground, the apparatus comprising: a. an elevated platform having a deck suspended above the ground on which the platform is standing; b. a gangway having an inboard end pivotally connected to the platform and an outboard end extending opposite the inboard end; c. at least a first stanchion extending vertically above the gangway and having a vertically lower end pivotally connected to the gangway; d. at least a first spacer bar having an inboard end and an outboard end extending opposite the inboard end, the inboard end being connected to the first stanchion, the outboard end extending away from the first stanchion and from the gangway in a direction outboard from the first stanchion; e. at least a first adjustable abutment extending vertically above the gangway and having a vertically lower end connected to the outboard end of the first spacer bar and wherein the first adjustable abutment is pivotally connected to the first stanchion via the first spacer bar; f. a fall protection cage having an inboard side connected to the first adjustable abutment; and g. a first elongated length-adjusting member having an inboard end connected to the first stanchion and an outboard end extending opposite the inboard end and connected to the first adjustable abutment and wherein the first elongated length-adjusting member is configured to selectively vary the distance between the first stanchion and first adjustable abutment.