A safety railing for attachment to a vehicle roof mounted rack to reduce the likelihood of fall injuries to workers who have mounted to roof of the vehicle has a pair of side railings joined by a front railing and supported by balusters that pivotally attach to the roof rack. A crank operated mechanism is provided for shifting the balusters between an erect, vertical orientation and a collapsed orientation where the safety railing lies flat against the roof rack.
VEHICLE ROOF RACK WITH COLLAPSIBLE HANDRAIL ASSEMBLY
FAHRZEUGDACHTRÄGER MIT ZUSAMMENKLAPPBARER HANDLAUFKONSTRUKTION
SUPPORT DE TOIT DE VÉHICULE AYANT UN ENSEMBLE MAIN COURANTE PLIABLE
2015-11-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
RETRACTABLE ACCESS MEANS WITH COLLAPSIBLE HANDRAIL ASSEMBLY
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