S.A.F.E. (SUICIDE AND FALL ESTOP) FALL PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR BRIDGES, VIADUCTS OR STRUCTURES DUE TO ACCIDENTS OR SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

Abstract

A SAFE (SUICIDE AND FALL ESTOP) which is intended to prevent suicide attempts or accidents that may result in death by free fall from high structures such as bridges, viaducts and buildings that allow passage through obstacles such as rivers and elevations and can be used as a high security element to prevent falling during maintenance of said structures, bridges, viaducts automatically or manually.

Claims

1) A SAFE system to prevent suicide attempts and accidental falls in bridges, viaducts and buildings comprising: at least one rail system; at least one cabinet; at least one capture mechanism; an automation system and/or a remote control.

2) The SAFE system according to claim 1, comprising at least one rail mounted on a side or front face of a structure comprising buildings, bridges and viaducts where the SAFE system is installed, parallel to a plane whereon the buildings, bridges and viaducts sit.

3) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the SAFE system comprises a feature of transporting the capture mechanism.

4) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the capture mechanism includes an inner container containing a net made of a resilient and flexible material.

5) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the capture mechanism includes a servo motor which provides movement by receiving a command from the automation system and/or the remote control.

6) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the capture mechanism includes a radio receiver.

7) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the capture mechanism includes a plurality of metal profiles surrounding the net.

8) The SAFE system according to claim 7, wherein the capture mechanism has the ability to be closed around the metal profiles by means of a radio signal transmitted by the remote control or the automation system.

9) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the automation system includes a plurality of sensors and/or cameras that detect the possibility of any suicidal action in an area protected by the SAFE system.

10) (canceled)

11) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet protects the capture mechanism against environmental conditions and charges the capture mechanism when the capture mechanism is not in operation.

12) The SAFE system according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet includes a lid, which enables an individual captured by the capture mechanism to be picked up by security officers.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] FIG. 1 shows the base parts of the inventive system.

[0014] FIG. 2 shows a bridge application example in which the system of the invention is applied.

[0015] FIG. 3 shows the closure mechanism and the representation of the rail system.

[0016] FIG. 4 shows the parts of the automation system.

REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0017] 1. System to prevent suicide attempts and accidental falls in bridges, viaducts and buildings (hereinafter referred to as the SAFE system for short) [0018] 11. Rail system [0019] 12. Capture mechanism [0020] 13. Automation system [0021] 13.1. Camera [0022] 13.2. Sensor [0023] 14. Remote control [0024] 15. Cabinet

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0025] Security is important in today's high structures like bridges, viaducts and high buildings. It is aimed to introduce a SAFE system (1) which ensures the safety of the construction phase, the prevention of suicide attempts and the control of the attempted individual by moving him/her to a safe place. The SAFE system (1) seeks to prevent potential falls in these areas by moving to the areas containing risk, where safety of buildings such as buildings, bridges or viaducts is desired to be provided and placed in areas where there is a possibility of falling or suicide.

[0026] It is a system that enables workers to be safe during construction and/or post-construction maintenance and repair work, and prevents suicide attempts and allows the attempting individual to be transported to a safe place, which can be actuated manually and/or automatically without a human factor.

[0027] In this context, the inventive SAFE system (1) comprises: a rail system (11) applied to the entire side or bottom surface of a building, bridge or viaduct in parallel with the floor of the building for which safety is to be sought; a capture mechanism (12) located on the rail system (11); an automation system (13) which detects the movement in the follow-up zone and makes said capture mechanism (12) come to a suitable position on the rail system (11).

[0028] In another embodiment, it comprises a remote control (14) which, if desired, consciously actuates the capture mechanism (12) on the rail system (11) to bring it to the desired position.

[0029] The rail system (11) allows the capture mechanism (12) to travel to the coordinate point received via the remote control (14) and/or via the automation system (13).

[0030] The technical characteristic of the rail system (11) is applied in closed circuit form depending on the application area, depending on the length of the structure to be applied. Here, the rail system (11) can be applied in a greater number of ways, such as can be implemented in one go or more than one along the side or bottom surface of the structure, to provide the transportation as soon as possible at the coordinates determined, by taking the length of the structure into account.

[0031] In FIG. 2, two rail systems (11) can be positioned to start from the right and left by dividing the bridge length into two identical parts, or as a single rail system (11) having two capture mechanisms (12) can be applied.

[0032] Depending on the number of the capture mechanism (12), the cabinet (15) is formed.

[0033] What is important here is that the capture mechanism (12) on the rail system (11) is delivered to the specified coordinate as soon as possible. For this reason, the rail system (11) can be applied to the entire side surface of the structure as a plural or as a singular manner, depending on the measures of the structure to be applied, and the number of the c capture mechanisms (12) to be mounted is also calculated depending on these measurements.

[0034] The capture mechanism (12) shown in FIG. 3 includes a net, a mechanism that opens and closes the net, and a servo-motor that allows movement on the rail system (11). In its closed state, it will prevent the individual from coming out.

[0035] The cabinet (15) shown in FIG. 1 ensures that the capture mechanism (12) is charged when idle, but also protects it from adverse environmental conditions such as bad weather conditions. The cabinet (15) also exhibits a location feature for the security unit to receive the individual secured by the capture mechanism (12) at will.

[0036] The automation system (13) represented by the elements integrated in FIG. 4 is a structure that controls the areas of danger that are integrated with the sensor (13.2) and/or camera (13.1) systems. It is also integrated with the remote control(14).

[0037] It detects continuously the entire defined area with the sensors (13.2) and similar detection means and sends the capture mechanism (12) on the rail system (11) to the area where the danger or suicide attempt is detected.

[0038] Where more than one capture mechanism (12) is located, each capture mechanism (12) is defined in certain areas in the automation system (13).

[0039] The automation system (13) delivers the capture mechanism (12) closest to the identified hazard area as soon as possible.

[0040] Detection systems with sensor (13.2) and/or camera (13.1) are placed in calculations for all hazardous areas on the structure to which the system is to be applied and integrated with the entire capture mechanism/s (12) determined on the rail system (11) and automation system (13).

[0041] The capture mechanism/s (12) are located at a distance to allow movement to take place prior to the arrival time.

[0042] The capture mechanism (12) can be brought to the desired coordinate by means of the remote control (14) apart the automation system (13) for extreme safety reasons or during building modification.

[0043] In case of danger, the capture mechanism (12) is opened at the place where the positioning takes place, thereby preventing the falling action and closing and moving the individual to the cabinet (15) or to a safe point on the rail system (11).

[0044] The capture mechanism (12) is formed of a high-strength and at the same time a web from a flexible material, taking into account that if the inner lid is rigid and closed, it may cause injury if the person falls into the inner lid at the speed set by the drop.

[0045] This state prevents the person who falls or jumps from being minimally injured and prevents further suicide attempts by imprisoning the captured person for the purpose of preventing him/her from harming himself/herself again as it is foreseen to have committed suicide.