Patents Assigned to Kee Kamp Limited
  • Assembly of a safety rail for an access hatch
    Patent number: 6477972
    Abstract: A safety rail assembly for an access hatch of a kind comprising a hatch frame which defines an opening, said safety rail assembly being adapted to extend around at least a part of a hatch frame thereby to safeguard personnel from inadvertent entry into the hatch opening from at least two mutually perpendicular directions, said safety rail assembly comprising guard members which in use extend at least in part substantially horizontally and support members for supporting the guard members at a position elevated above the hatch frame, said support members each having associated therewith a foot portion for resting in a free-standing manner on a support surface surrounding the hatch frame, and said support members having a resistance to toppling in a direction towards or a direction away from the opening defined by the frame by at least one of a) structural connection to a part of the safety rail assembly at an opposite side of the frame, and b) co-operation of the safety rail assembly with an abutment surface de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kee Kamp Limited
    Inventor: Simon Perkins
  • ASSEMBLY OF A SAFETY RAIL FOR AN ACCESS HATCH
    Publication number: 20020124786
    Abstract: A safety rail assembly for an access hatch of a kind comprising a hatch frame which defines an opening, said safety rail assembly being adapted to extend around at least a part of a hatch frame thereby to safeguard personnel from inadvertent entry into the hatch opening from at least two mutually perpendicular directions, said safety rail assembly comprising guard members which in use extend at least in part substantially horizontally, and support members for supporting the guard members at a position elevated above the hatch frame, said support members each having associated therewith a foot portion for resting in a free-standing manner on a support surface surrounding the hatch frame, and said support members having a resistance to toppling in a direction towards or a direction away from the opening defined by the frame by at least one of a) structural connection to a part of the safety rail assembly at an opposite side of the frame, and b) co-operation of the safety rail assembly with an abutment surface d
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: KEE KAMP LIMITED
    Inventor: Simon Perkins