GB2535600A - Fall prevention arrangement - Google Patents

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GB2535600A
GB2535600A GB1522030.4A GB201522030A GB2535600A GB 2535600 A GB2535600 A GB 2535600A GB 201522030 A GB201522030 A GB 201522030A GB 2535600 A GB2535600 A GB 2535600A
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Jowett Leigh
Leslie Baker Martin
Jon Bills Glenn
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E04G21/3223—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E04G21/3223—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings
    • E04G21/3233—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings without permanent provision in the floor or roof
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G5/00—Component parts or accessories for scaffolds
    • E04G5/14—Railings
    • E04G2005/148—Railings latticed or netted

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Abstract

A fall prevention arrangement 12 comprises a body (24, Fig 2) having opposite side edges (26, 28, Fig 2). The body defines a respective receiving formation (40, Fig 2) extending from each side edge for receiving a support 22. Each side edge defines an opening (42, Fig 3) for the respective receiving formation. The support can be received through each opening into the respective receiving formation. A fall prevention apparatus is also claimed, which comprises a plurality of fall prevention arrangements 12 and a support arrangement of horizontally extending supports 22 which are received in the receiving formations of the fall prevention arrangement 12.

Description

Fall Prevention Arrangement This invention relates to fall prevention arrangements. This invention also relates to fall prevention apparatus incorporating fall prevention arrangements.
Known fall prevention apparatus comprises a plurality of panels mounted on supports. The supports include connecting devices which engage the panels to hold them in place. Such fall prevention apparatus tends to be cumbersome and difficult to install.
According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a fall prevention arrangement comprising a body having opposite side edges, the body defining a respective receiving formation extending from each side edge for receiving a support, wherein each side edge defines an opening for the respective receiving formation, whereby the support can be received through each opening into the respective receiving formation.
The body may define a pair of the receiving formations which may be aligned with each other.
The body may have a convex first face. The body may have a concave second face facing in the opposite direction to the first face. The fall prevention arrangement may have opposite flange arrangements extending outwardly from each of said edges. Each flange arrangement may extend from a respective edge.
The body may have two opposite side regions and a front region extending between the side regions. The side regions may extend at an obtuse angle to the front region. The flange arrangements may be substantially parallel to the front region.
The body may extend outwardly from the flange arrangements. The flange arrangements may be substantially coplanar with each other. The body may extend out of the plane occupied by the flange arrangements.
Each receiving formation may be in the form of a slot defined by the body. The receiving formations may be defined in the side regions. Each receiving formation may extend upwardly from the respective opening at an acute angle to the respective side edge.
The body may define a plurality of pairs of receiving formations wherein the receiving formations of each pair may be aligned with each other.
Each flange arrangement may define a receiving aperture extending from the opening in the respective side edge. Each flange arrangement may define a plurality of pairs of receiving apertures extending from the openings.
Each aperture may comprise a slot. Each aperture may extend horizontally from the aforesaid opening According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a fall prevention apparatus comprising a plurality of fall prevention arrangements as described above, and a support arrangement comprising a plurality of substantially horizontally extending supports which can be received in the receiving formations of the fall prevention arrangement.
The support arrangement may comprise a plurality of upstanding members between which the supports extend.
According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a method of providing a fall prevention apparatus, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of fall prevention arrangements as described above, moving the support through said openings into the receiving formations.
The body of each fall prevention arrangement may define a plurality of pairs of the receiving formations aligned with each other. The method may comprise arranging a respective support in each of said pairs of receiving apertures.
Each fall prevention arrangement may comprise opposite flange arrangements extending outwardly from each of said edges. The flange arrangements may define a plurality of pairs of aligned receiving apertures extending from the openings.
The apertures may extend from the openings in the respective side edge.
The method may comprise providing two upstanding members, and attaching the, or each, support to the upstanding members.
The method may comprise arranging the fall prevention arrangements adjacent one another, so that the adjacent fall prevention arrangements are in abutment with each other. The flange arrangements of adjacent fall prevention arrangements may abut each other.
The method may comprise arranging the fall prevention arrangements adjacent one another, so that the adjacent fall prevention arrangements overlap each other. The flange arrangements of adjacent fall prevention arrangements may overlap each other.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a fall prevention apparatus incorporating a plurality of fall prevention arrangements; Figure 2 is a perspective view of a fall prevention arrangement; Figure 3 is a front view of a fall prevention arrangement; Figure 4 shows a fall prevention arrangement mounted on a support arrangement; Figure 5 is a top plan view of a fall prevention arrangement mounted on a support arrangement; Figure 6 is a perspective view of a fall prevention apparatus with one of the fall prevention arrangements in a raised position; Figure 7 shows a fall prevention apparatus having a first row of the fall prevention arrangements, and a second row of the fall prevention arrangements arranged over the first row; and Figure 8 shows a plurality of the fall prevention arrangements in a nested condition.
Figure 1 shows a fall prevention apparatus 10 comprising a plurality of fall prevention arrangements 12 and a support arrangement 14. Each fall prevention arrangement 12 is in the form of a panel and is shown in more detail in Figures 2, 3 and 4. The support arrangement 14 is also shown in more detail in Figure 4.
The support arrangement 14 comprises a base member 16 upon which is mounted a plurality of elongate upstanding members 18. Each upstanding member 18 is attached to the base member 16 by means of an attaching arrangement 20. A suitable attaching arrangement is disclosed in WO 2014/167275.
The support arrangement 14 further includes a plurality of elongate horizontal supports 22 which extend between the adjacent upright members 18.
Referring to Figures 2, 3 and 4, each of the fall prevention arrangements 12 comprises a body 24 having opposite side edge regions in the form of substantially flat elongate side edge portions 26, 28.
The side edge portions 26, 28 have side edges 26A, 28A which are substantially coplanar. The body 24 extends outwardly relative to the plane in which each of the side edges 26A, 26B lies.
The body 24 comprises a convex first face 29 and a concave opposite second face 30 (see Figure 5). The body 24 further comprises a substantially flat elongate front portion 32 extending between the side edge portions 26, 28. The side edge portions 26, 28 extend rearwards from the front portion 32.
In the embodiment shown, the side edge portions 26, 28 extend at an obtuse angle relative to the front portion 32. The fall prevention apparatus 10 also includes two substantially flat elongate flange arrangements 36, 38.
Each flange arrangement 36, 38 is attached to a respective one of the side edges 26A, 28A and is coplanar therewith. The flange arrangements 36A, 38A extend substantially parallel to the front portion 32.
Each of the side edge portions 26, 28 defines a plurality of receiving formations 40 in the form of slots spaced along the length of each of the side edge portions 26, 28. As can be seen from Figures 2 and 3, the receiving formations 40 in one of the side edge portions 26 are aligned with the receiving formations 40 in the other of the side edge portions 28.
Each of the receiving formations 40 extends upwardly at an acute angle from the respective side edge 26A or 28A.
The purpose of the receiving formations 40 is to receive the horizontal supports 22, thereby supporting the fall prevention arrangements 12 thereon.
Each side edge 26A, 28A defines a respective opening 42 for each receiving formation 40 to allow the supports 22 to be received in the receiving formations 40.
Each flange arrangement 36, 38 defines a plurality of horizontal apertures 44, each of which extends substantially horizontally from a respective one of the openings 42. Thus, the supports 22 can be received through the flange arrangements 36, 38 into the receiving formations 40.
As shown in Figures 4 and 5, each of the fall prevention arrangements 12 can be mounted on the horizontal supports 22 by receiving the supports 22 through the apertures 44 into the receiving formations 40.
As shown in Figure 1, a plurality of the fall prevention arrangements 12 can be mounted adjacent one another on the supports 22 to form the fall prevention apparatus 10, thereby providing a barrier to prevent an individual falling from the edge of a building.
Referring to Figure 5, in some circumstances, it is necessary for a workman to work at the edge of the building. In order to provide access to the edge of the building, one of the fall prevention arrangements 12 (designated 12A in Figure 6) can be raised to a raised position above the others. It will be appreciated that two or more of the fall prevention arrangements 12 could be raised.
If it is desired to provide a higher barrier, two or more rows of the fall prevention arrangements 12 can be arranged in an overlapping arrangement on the supports 22, as shown in Figure 7.
The provision of a body 24 having a convex first face 29 and an opposite concave second face 30 allows the fall prevention arrangements 12 to be nested on one another to minimise the space needed for storage, as shown in Figure 8.
There is thus described a fall prevention arrangement 12 that is simple to install and can easily be adjusted to provide access beyond the fall prevention arrangement 12 or to provide varying heights.
Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the flange arrangements 36, 38 could be omitted.
The drawings show the fall prevention arrangements 12 on the supports 22 with the flange arrangements 36, 38 in edge to edge abutment. It will be appreciated that fall prevention arrangements 12 could be mounted on the supports with the flange arrangements 36, 38 of some of the fall prevention arrangements 12 overlapping one another. This provides the advantage in the embodiment described herein that a plurality of the fall prevention arrangements 12 can form a fall prevention apparatus 10 where the distance between adjacent upright members can be varied.

Claims (29)

  1. Claims 1. A fall prevention arrangement comprising a body having opposite side edges, the body defining a respective receiving formation extending from each side edge for receiving a support, wherein each side edge defines an opening for the respective receiving formation, whereby the support can be received through each opening into the respective receiving formation.
  2. 2. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the body defines a pair of the receiving formations which may be aligned with each other.
  3. 3. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the body has a convex first face and a concave second face facing in the opposite direction to the first face.
  4. 4. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the body has two opposite side regions and a front region extending between the side regions, the side regions extending at an obtuse angle to the front region.
  5. 5. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the receiving formations are defined in the side regions, and each receiving formation extends upwardly from the respective opening at an acute angle to the respective side edge.
  6. 6. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 4 or 5, wherein each receiving formation is in the form of a slot defined by the body.
  7. 7. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the body defines a plurality of pairs of receiving formations, the receiving formations of each pair being defined in a respective one of the side regions.
  8. 8. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the receiving formation of each pair are aligned with each other.
  9. 9. A fall prevention arrangement according to any preceding claim, comprising opposite flange arrangements extending outwardly from each of said edges.
  10. 10. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 9 when dependent upon any of claims 4 to 8, wherein the flange arrangements are substantially parallel to the front region.
  11. 11. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 9 or 10, wherein each flange arrangement extends from a respective edge.
  12. 12. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein the body extends outwardly from the flange arrangements.
  13. 13. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the flange arrangements are substantially coplanar with each other, and the body extends out of the plane occupied by the flange arrangements.
  14. 14. A fall prevention arrangement according to any of claims 9 to 13, wherein each flange arrangement define a receiving aperture extending from the opening in the respective side edge.
  15. 15. A fall prevention arrangement according to any of claims 9 to 14, wherein each flange arrangement defines a plurality of pairs of receiving apertures extending from the openings.
  16. 16. A fall prevention arrangement according to claim 15, wherein each aperture is in the form of a slot, and each aperture extends horizontally from the aforesaid opening.
  17. 17. A fall prevention apparatus comprising a plurality of fall prevention arrangements as claimed in any preceding claim, and a support arrangement comprising a plurality of substantially horizontally extending supports which can be received in the receiving formations of the fall prevention arrangement.
  18. 18. A fall prevention apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the support arrangement comprises a plurality of upstanding members between which the supports extend.
  19. 19. A method of providing a fall prevention apparatus, wherein the method comprises providing a plurality of fall prevention arrangements as claimed in any preceding claim, moving the support through said openings into the receiving formations.
  20. 20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the body of each fall prevention arrangement defines a plurality of pairs of the receiving formations aligned with each other, and the method comprises arranging a respective support in each of said pairs of receiving apertures.
  21. 21. A method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein each fall prevention arrangement comprises opposite flange arrangements extending outwardly from each of said edges, the flange arrangements define a plurality of pairs of aligned receiving apertures extending from the openings.
  22. 22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the apertures extend from the openings in the respective side edge.
  23. 23. A method according to claim 21 or 22 comprising providing two upstanding members, and attaching the, or each, support to the upstanding members.
  24. 24. A method according to claim 21, 22 or 23 comprising arranging the fall prevention arrangements adjacent one another, so that the adjacent fall prevention arrangements are in abutment with each other.
  25. 25. A method according to claim 24, wherein and the flange arrangements of adjacent fall prevention arrangements abut each other.
  26. 26. A method according to claim 21, 22 or 23 comprising arranging the fall prevention arrangements adjacent one another, so that the adjacent fall prevention arrangements overlap each other.
  27. 27. A method according to claim 26, wherein each fall prevention arrangement comprises opposite flange arrangements extending outwardly from each of said edges, and the flange arrangements of adjacent fall prevention arrangements overlap each other.
  28. 28. A fall prevention arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  29. 29. A fall prevention apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 4 to 7 of the accompanying drawings.
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FR2254273A1 (en) * 1973-12-12 1975-07-11 Viart Pierre General purpose protective screen - 5 has reinforcement strips with openings passed over supports
GB2170853A (en) * 1985-02-09 1986-08-13 Brian Walden A cladding unit for scaffolding
FR2622673A1 (en) * 1987-10-28 1989-05-05 Rdb Plastotecnica Spa Element structure particularly for fencing, protection, signalling and the like
US4880210A (en) * 1988-02-08 1989-11-14 Specialty Hoisting Services, Inc. Removable and stackable hoistway door assesmbly
GB2354034A (en) * 1999-07-23 2001-03-14 Rosedale Mfg Ltd Scaffolding guard
JP2002167974A (en) * 2000-11-29 2002-06-11 Sekisui House Ltd Temporary scaffold fence
WO2010141997A1 (en) * 2009-06-12 2010-12-16 Brandrill Ltd Safety system with tensioning post arrangement
GB2497560A (en) * 2011-12-14 2013-06-19 Peter David Westlake Guard panel with stackable snap-fit clips
GB2520163A (en) * 2013-09-26 2015-05-13 Loadhog Ltd Fall prevention apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2254273A1 (en) * 1973-12-12 1975-07-11 Viart Pierre General purpose protective screen - 5 has reinforcement strips with openings passed over supports
GB2170853A (en) * 1985-02-09 1986-08-13 Brian Walden A cladding unit for scaffolding
FR2622673A1 (en) * 1987-10-28 1989-05-05 Rdb Plastotecnica Spa Element structure particularly for fencing, protection, signalling and the like
US4880210A (en) * 1988-02-08 1989-11-14 Specialty Hoisting Services, Inc. Removable and stackable hoistway door assesmbly
GB2354034A (en) * 1999-07-23 2001-03-14 Rosedale Mfg Ltd Scaffolding guard
JP2002167974A (en) * 2000-11-29 2002-06-11 Sekisui House Ltd Temporary scaffold fence
WO2010141997A1 (en) * 2009-06-12 2010-12-16 Brandrill Ltd Safety system with tensioning post arrangement
GB2497560A (en) * 2011-12-14 2013-06-19 Peter David Westlake Guard panel with stackable snap-fit clips
GB2520163A (en) * 2013-09-26 2015-05-13 Loadhog Ltd Fall prevention apparatus

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