Adjustable safety rail barricade for roofs

Abstract

A post support assembly for an adjustable safety rail barricade is comprised of a universal flat attachment base plate to which a post is secured. The post support has a post connector pivotally connected to a guide bracket. The post connector has an open top end to receive a post therein in a detachably securable fashion. The flat attachment base plate has a pair of opposed side connecting arms disposed on opposed sides of a central connecting arm. At least two spaced-apart incline slots are provided in the side and central connecting arms and are all inclined in a common direction and at a common angle and have a lower open end. The inclined slots in the side connecting arms are spaced apart at predetermined distance. Preferably, but not exclusively, the post support is for a safety rail barricade to be used by roofers.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a post support assembly for an adjustable safety rail barricade, particularly, but not exclusively, for use by roofers and connected along edges of a roof to provide safety to people working on the roof.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Barricades of all sorts and particularly rail barricades are well known in the art and these have many uses whereby to restrict entry into particular areas or to provide protection about dangerous spaces such as elevated spaces, namely roofs of tall buildings, observatory platforms, etc. Many of these structures are bulky, difficult to transport, expensive to fabricate and often non stable thereby not offering proper protection. For people working on roofs, such as roofing material installers or roof repair personnel, it is often required that these people be provided with harnesses which are tied with ropes and this makes it difficult for this personnel to displace themselves freely when working on such elevat...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Another feature of the present invention is to provide a post support assembly for an adjustable safety rail barricade which is lightweight, easy to erect and which is easily displaceable in short periods of time and which provides safety to people working on such elevated surfaces.

Problems solved by technology

Many of these structures are bulky, difficult to transport, expensive to fabricate and often non stable thereby not offering proper protection.

For people working on roofs, such as roofing material installers or roof repair personnel, it is often required that these people be provided with harnesses which are tied with ropes and this makes it difficult for this personnel to displace themselves freely when working on such elevated structures.

The harnesses and ropes also provide obstacles to the worker and are often the cause of injury.

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