Abstract: An attachment is provided for a safety gate that is positioned to close the opening in a catwalk to allow access to and from a ladder or stairs. The gate is urged to the closed position by springs. The improvement is an attachment for connecting to the lower side of existing gates to prevent workmen using the catwalk from slipping under the gate and falling into the opening for stairs or a ladder.

Abstract: A removable plate is affixed to a gate structure to define the rest position of the gate. The plate is affixed to the gate structure, either to a swinging gate member or to a rail support, preferably by one or more bolts. In a first preferred embodiment, the plate is affixed to the swinging gate member for abutting engagement with a backing plate on the rail. In a second preferred embodiment, the plate includes an L-shaped slot for each bolt so that the plate may be removed from abutting engagement with the backing plate while remaining affixed to the swinging gate member.

Abstract: On a spring-biased safety gate, a guard plate is mounted to a gate member with the same hardware that mounts the stop to the gate. The guard plate is preferably formed of plate metal to define a plate mounting area and a pair of guard plates that extend perpendicularly from either side of the plate mounting area. In that way, each of the pair of guard plates extends in a direction parallel to the gate a distance sufficient to shield the mounting hardware behind the guard plate and the stop.

Abstract: On a spring-biased safety gate, a guard plate is mounted to a gate member with the same hardware that mounts the stop to the gate. The guard plate is preferably formed of plate metal to define a plate mounting area and a pair of guard plates that extend perpendicularly from either side of the plate mounting area. In that way, each of the pair of guard plates extends in a direction parallel to the gate a distance sufficient to shield the mounting hardware behind the guard plate and the stop.