Safety Net Stanchion Mounting Bracket Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing safety devices fail to effectively prevent workmen and visitors from accessing unsafe areas, such as open loading docks or pits, due to inadequate rigidity and ease of deployment, leading to potential injuries.
Innovation Solution
A safety net system with a unique mounting bracket configuration, including primary and secondary brackets that form a right angle to secure a removable mesh net, and a robust stanchion design anchored to the wall for increased stability, allowing for easy deployment and removal to control access to dangerous areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a safety net system is mounted to the overhead door rail, then the system can be deployed to prevent access to dangerous areas, but the rail may be flimsy and flexible causing undesired give in the bracket system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a stanchion as an intermediary element between the building structure and the safety net system. The stanchion is anchored to the building floor and extends upward to support the net, serving as a stable intermediary that eliminates the need to mount directly to the flexible overhead door rail, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of deployment and mounting stability
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is segmented into separate components: the stanchion anchored to the floor, the bracket attached to the stanchion, and the safety net. This segmentation allows the stable floor-anchored stanchion to provide reliable support while keeping the bracket and net components easy to assemble and deploy
2Reliability
If the upper post of the stanchion is fixed length, then the bracket system is stable, but wide cargos cannot pass over the base for presentation to the loading dock
Solution Approach 1:
The upper post of the stanchion is designed to be adjustable in height rather than fixed, allowing the system to adapt dynamically to different operational requirements. The post can be extended or repositioned to maintain stable bracket mounting while accommodating wide cargos that need to pass over the base area
Solution Approach 2:
The stanchion with adjustable upper post serves multiple functions: providing stable support for the safety net bracket system while also accommodating varying cargo sizes and dimensions. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between maintaining system stability and adapting to different cargo requirements
Data Source
AI summary
A safety net system includes a mesh netting, first and second fixed support which are positioned either side of a loading dock or other dangerous zone. Clips secured to the mesh netting interact with connectors affixed to the fixed supports to place the netting in blocking position. An adjustable height stanchion is used as the fixed support in one embodiment.