Claims
- 1. A safety barrier for transports such as moving walks or stairs having a moving surface and fixed sidewalls, comprising a strip barrier brush assembly adapted to be attached to the sidewall and including at least one brush strip adapted to project beyond a lateral edge of the moving surface, said assembly including a rail housing adapted to be secured to a sidewall, said rail housing having at least one channel slot extending parallel to the direction of movement of the surface, and an upper or lower hollow portion including a rearward surface and a spaced outer surface, a through hole through said surfaces, said through hole being formed by a smaller opening in said rearward surface and a larger opening in said spaced outer surface so that said rearward surface forms a fastener retention surface with access thereto through said larger opening.
- 2. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 1 including two parallel channel slots in said rail housing, and a second brush strip inserted in the second channel slot to extend and project parallel to the first.
- 3. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 2 wherein each brush strip has its axis of symmetry projecting outwardly and downwardly from said rail housing.
- 4. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 3 wherein each brush strip includes a trimmed face coplanar with each other and substantially normal to the moving surface.
- 5. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 3 wherein the faces of each brush strip are substantially contiguous to each other.
- 6. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 1 wherein said channel slot includes upper and lower retaining edges directed toward each other narrowing the slot opening, and a brush strip inserted in said channel slot and including brush filaments folded around a core and held in place by a crimped folded backbone, said retaining edges overlapping the edges of said backbone to hold the brush strip in place.
- 7. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 1 wherein said rail housing includes symmetrical tapered top and bottom surfaces to enable the bidirectional application of a common end cover.
- 8. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 1 including a flush through hole cap seated in a cap recess operative to close the hole in the outer surface.
- 9. A safety barrier as set forth in claim 8 including an insert recess in said rearward surface facing the fixed sidewall to accommodate a fastening assembly.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of a Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/079,175, filed Mar. 23, 1998.
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