Patent ID: 8662251

Claim:
Fall protection for personnel servicing an elevated work area comprising in combination: a man lift comprising a chassis having wheels, an enclosed rectangular working platform and a lifting mechanism that lifts the enclosed working platform vertically above the chassis; a bridge pivotally mounted to a working edge of the working platform of the man lift, the bridge pivoting between a substantially vertical stored position and a substantially horizontal operative position, the bridge having a pivotally mounted edge, a remote edge opposite to the pivotally mounted edge and opposed sides; an expandable enclosure anchored to the man lift, the enclosure being movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, in the collapsed position the enclosure is collapsed parallel to and provides fall protection along the working edge of the man lift and in the expanded position the enclosure provides fall protection for the opposed sides of the bridge in the operative position and provides fall protection by enclosing a portion of the work area beyond the remote edge of the bridge, the bridge in the stored position being adjacent to the expandable enclosure in the collapsed position such that the expandable enclosure is positioned between the working platform and the bridge and such that the bridge prevents the expandable enclosure from moving to the expanded position.