E04G5/001

Support Apparatus

A support apparatus 1 for supporting a user in an elevated working position above a ground surface G comprises a frame 60 for supporting a floor portion 20 of the support apparatus and a plurality of leg members 40a, 40b mounted to the frame 60 for supporting the frame above the ground surface G. Each leg member has a foot portion 42 for engaging the ground surface G. Each leg member is rotatably mounted to the frame for rotation about a rotational axis which is substantially perpendicular to the width and the length of the frame and each leg member extends from the frame in a radial direction of the rotational axis, whereby the foot portion is offset from the rotational axis.

LOCKING MECHANISM FOR FALL PROTECTION
20210285241 · 2021-09-16 ·

A flip door assembly includes a flip door and an interlock that controls whether the flip door may be opened. A worker safety system in one embodiment includes a work stand, a safety barrier, and a flip door assembly. The flip door assembly selectively engages with a keyed portion of the safety barrier to prevent access to a defined area by a worker. The flip door assembly includes a flip door having a top surface that is substantially planar to a top surface of the work stand when closed, and substantially non-planar to the top surface of the work stand when open. The flip door assembly further includes an interlock that prevents the flip door from opening when the keyed portion of the safety barrier is disengaged from the interlock, and allows the flip door to open when the keyed portion of the safety barrier is engaged with the interlock.

Pivoting horizontal and vertical scaffold members and a method of erecting an offset scaffold platform
10995505 · 2021-05-04 ·

One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold truss that has upper and lower horizontal scaffold members offset but fixedly joined with braces. Each upper and lower members have a connector positioned on each end of the respective lower and upper members, where at least one of the connectors is pivotally mounted on the respective lower or upper connector, and the connecters are engageable with an annular member positioned on a vertical scaffold member.

ANCHORING DEVICE FOR SHORING WALLS
20210146171 · 2021-05-20 ·

The anchoring device for shuttering walls includes a body containing an arm with a top tab, a fastening part for at least one connector, a moving closing part mounted in the body and pressed to the closed position at rest, and a locking part. The closing part is a sliding part with an indentation on one of its lateral surfaces which is matched with the slider lock in the open position of the device, and with pass-through pockets and a bottom tab, forming, together with the arm and the upper tab of the body, a tong closure assembly. The device has a set of springs, of which one pushing spring is located inside the body directly above the slider lock and is secured from above by a pressure screw. The three compression springs are located inside the body in the pass-through pockets of the slide.

METHOD FOR DISCHARGING GRANULAR POWDER BROUGHT INTO FIXED STATE INSIDE HOLLOW STRUCTURE
20210122563 · 2021-04-29 ·

A rack rail is suspended into a silo from an opening formed in a ceiling portion of the silo and a lifting body is lowered into the silo along the rack rail from the opening. A work scaffold is built on the lifting body using a part carried into the silo from the opening, a worker connected to the work scaffold with a safety belt pokes and breaks down a granular powder in a state where a discharge port of a silo bottom portion is closed, the poked and broken down granular powder drops to a rat hole (or boring hole), the worker connected to the work scaffold with the safety belt adds a rack rail in a state where the rat hole is blocked with the granular powder, the discharge port is opened to discharge the granular powder stored in the passage, and then the work scaffold is lowered to the added rack rail.

SCAFFOLDING SYSTEMS AND A SCAFFOLDING JOINT THEREFOR
20210047847 · 2021-02-18 ·

A scaffolding assembly is disclosed. The system includes scaffolding poles joints (or fittings) for releasably securing the poles at cross-over points. Each scaffolding joints has an inner body member and two movable outer clamping members to clamp the poles to the body member at the cross-over points. The body member also has as a mounting for a safety connection member which projects laterally the scaffolding poles towards an operative. The safety connection member can be connected to a safety tension member from the operative such that a safety connection point is available at each of the scaffolding joints.

ANTI-EXTRUSION DEVICE AND AERIAL WORK PLATFORM
20210078845 · 2021-03-18 ·

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of anti-extrusion systems, in particular to an anti-extrusion device and an aerial work platform. It includes an operation platform guard for a guard rail mounted on an aerial work platform, the operation platform guard is movably connected to at least one detecting rod for the human body to lean on, and the detecting rod is provided with a position change sensing means for triggering an alarm system.

ENHANCED SAFETY CAGE APPARATUS FOR WORK AREAS ON TOP OF ROLLING STOCK SUCH AS RAIL TANK CARS

A cage for surrounding a section of a work area of the top of rolling stock includes an inboard side, an outboard side, a front end section and a back end section. The inboard side of the cage is attached to an associated deployment apparatus. Each of the two sides can define a pair of fence notches to slide over the rails surrounding the work area. Each of the two end sections can define an inboard notch and a center notch. Some embodiments of the end sections can define an outboard notch that includes a self-adjusting straddle. The cage can be provided as part of a portable fall protection device that includes a telescoping positioning mechanism.

Floor opening safety system

A safety system alerts individuals to the presence of a floor opening in a floor grid or work platform decking that is supporting the individuals. The safety system is a passive safety system that is operatively connected to a stationary first floor panel that is adjacent a second floor panel. The safety system is automatically operated to deploy a signal flag above the first floor panel (and activate an audio warning signal) when the second floor panel is removed, exposing a floor opening adjacent the first floor panel. The deployed signal flag alerts individuals on the floor grid or work platform decking to the presence of the floor opening.

BALANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR LIFTING PLATFORM
20200387134 · 2020-12-10 ·

The present invention relates to the technical field of lifting platforms, in particular to a balance adjustment method for a lifting platform. By detecting the inclination to judge whether the platform is inclined, and then adjusting the lifting mechanism for balance adjustment; this adjustment method can automatically adjust the inclination of the lifting platform.