GB2568951A - Beaver tail foot - part of gabion basket safety system - Google Patents

Beaver tail foot - part of gabion basket safety system Download PDF

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GB2568951A
GB2568951A GB1720104.7A GB201720104A GB2568951A GB 2568951 A GB2568951 A GB 2568951A GB 201720104 A GB201720104 A GB 201720104A GB 2568951 A GB2568951 A GB 2568951A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/22—Sockets or holders for poles or posts
    • E04H12/2238—Sockets or holders for poles or posts to be placed on the ground
    • E04H12/2246—Sockets or holders for poles or posts to be placed on the ground filled with water, sand or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/02—Retaining or protecting walls
    • E02D29/0208—Gabions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G3/00—Scaffolds essentially supported by building constructions, e.g. adjustable in height
    • E04G3/20—Scaffolds essentially supported by building constructions, e.g. adjustable in height supported by walls
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G5/00—Component parts or accessories for scaffolds
    • E04G5/04—Means for fastening, supporting, or bracing scaffolds on or against building constructions
    • E04G5/046—Means for fastening, supporting, or bracing scaffolds on or against building constructions for fastening scaffoldings on walls
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E04G21/3223—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings
    • E04G21/3233—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings without permanent provision in the floor or roof
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
    • E04G21/32—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
    • E04G21/3204—Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings against falling down
    • E04G21/3223—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings
    • E04G21/3233—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings without permanent provision in the floor or roof
    • E04G21/3238—Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings without permanent provision in the floor or roof using counterweights

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Abstract

A safety system for use with a gabion basket to prevent falls during the construction of a gabion wall system. The safety system comprises a foot having a planular surface with a mounting to support a vertical lightweight tube, wherein the tube has hooks to enable a safety net system or ratchet strap handrail system to be attached. In use the foot slides under a gabion and the weight of the gabion basket when filled, provides enough force to hold the foot in place and support the tube and net or handrail system. The foot can be left in position without the vertical tubes being inserted allowing the foot to be used at a later date. Preferably the vertical tube has a support clip that hooks over the side of the basket attaching the tube to the basket. The foot can be made from steel, alloys and composite materials. The foot can be removed after the gabion basket has been filed by pulling the foot with a turfer jack or the machine used to fill the gabion. A sacrificial anti friction sleeve made from neoprene, rubber or plastic can enclose the foot to assist in the removal of the foot.

Description

As a UK Royal Engineer on a recent operational tour I was involved in the construction of force protection gabion walls at various heights and lengths.
The gabion baskets were part of a system to build military defensive walls (the Beaver Tail Foot and Safety System can also be used in civilian applications and ground engineering).
The gabion basket walls were generally constructed without any working at height safety systems in place and without safe access I egress.
In the completed state - the gabion walls have no hand rails or safe access I egress.
This patent is for an element of a Gabion Basket Safety System - the Beaver Tail Foot. This is to prevent falls during the construction of gabion wall systems and also when the gabion walls are to be used after the construction -for example in defensive military protection walls.
The Beaver Tail Foot can be seen in sketches on pages S1,S2 and S3.
The Beaver Tail Foot is designed to slide under the gabion basket ‘cell ‘and use the weight of the gabion basket fill to provide enough force to support the lightweight tube slotted into the tube support (see pages S1 .S2 and S3).
The lightweight tube then has hooks at the correct handrail distances to enable further elements to be attached - for example a safety net system or a ratchet strap handrail system.
The Beaver Tail Foot can be left in position if required - to allow the vertical lightweight tubes to support a handrail system.
The Beaver Tail Foot can be left in position without the vertical tubes inserted - for flexibility of future use.
The Beaver Tail Foot can be removed (by using the same machine that has filled baskets or by using a turfer jack with strap around the mounting fixed tube) after the gabion basket fill is complete and the operatives are no longer working at height without any handrail protection. A sacrificial anti friction sleeve can be added to allow a smoother removal of the foot.
The Beaver Tail Foot is designed to meet the appropriate working at height regulations and hand rail regulations of the UK and other applicable countries.
As an example of the capability of the Beaver Tail Foot, the following calculation is based upon a gabion basket measuring 1m x 1m x 1m and filled with type 1 dolomitic lime stone:
Weight of 1 m3 of a full 1 m x 1 m x 1 m cell of gabion basket = 1865 kg.
Beaver Tail Foot measuring 600 mm x 250 mm with a section of 500 mm x 250 mm under the gabion basket fill has a surface area of 0.125 m2.
0.125 x 1.0 height of basket = 0.125 m3.
Weight of fill bearing on the Beaver Tail Foot is 233 kg.
This 233 kg plus the self-weight of the Beaver Tail Foot and the added lateral resistance from the support clips provide the required restraint for the safety net system and I or the ratchet strap hand rail system.

Claims (1)

  1. • The Beaver Tail Foot is part of the Gabion Basket Safety System.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot can be manufactured in steel and alloys and composite materials.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot can be manufactured to various sizes to suit the size of the gabion basket loadings.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot can be enclosed in a sacrificial anti friction sleeve made from various materials including but not limited to - neoprene, rubber and plastic.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot can be wrapped in various materials to aid the removal under load - if not using the anti-friction sleeve. This can include plastic.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot can support various vertical tubes to act as standards to fix a netting or ratchet strap system to.
    • The Beaver Tail Foot and Gabion Basket Safety System can be used to provide hand rail I netting at various levels to suit the various applications of gabion basket technology in the military defensive wall and civilian civil engineering fields.
    • The lightweight vertical tubes can be clipped into place at the side of the gabion basket or can be clipped to a ratchet strap across to an adjacent basket.
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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2299827A (en) * 1995-04-12 1996-10-16 J P Whelan & Sons Guardrail support
GB2373816A (en) * 2001-03-29 2002-10-02 Kee Klamp Ltd Base plate for a freestanding safety rail
US20040211153A1 (en) * 2003-04-28 2004-10-28 Dubbert Patrick C. Modular retaining wall fall protection system
DE202009000877U1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2009-04-09 Mück sen., Alois Protection and scaffolding
DE202009000878U1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2009-06-10 Mück sen., Alois finishing stand
DE202009009421U1 (en) * 2009-07-09 2009-11-05 Mück sen., Alois Scaffolding for the gabions
DE102010017803A1 (en) * 2010-07-08 2012-01-12 Nacken Landschaftsbau Steißlingen GmbH Scaffolding support for gabion-bracket scaffold for workers, has angular shaped bearing element arranged at wire mesh of gabion, and receiver provided with connection unit and hook, which are hung into wire of gabion
GB2517923A (en) * 2013-09-04 2015-03-11 Shaun Quigley Dual guard

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2299827A (en) * 1995-04-12 1996-10-16 J P Whelan & Sons Guardrail support
GB2373816A (en) * 2001-03-29 2002-10-02 Kee Klamp Ltd Base plate for a freestanding safety rail
US20040211153A1 (en) * 2003-04-28 2004-10-28 Dubbert Patrick C. Modular retaining wall fall protection system
DE202009000877U1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2009-04-09 Mück sen., Alois Protection and scaffolding
DE202009000878U1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2009-06-10 Mück sen., Alois finishing stand
DE202009009421U1 (en) * 2009-07-09 2009-11-05 Mück sen., Alois Scaffolding for the gabions
DE102010017803A1 (en) * 2010-07-08 2012-01-12 Nacken Landschaftsbau Steißlingen GmbH Scaffolding support for gabion-bracket scaffold for workers, has angular shaped bearing element arranged at wire mesh of gabion, and receiver provided with connection unit and hook, which are hung into wire of gabion
GB2517923A (en) * 2013-09-04 2015-03-11 Shaun Quigley Dual guard

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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"Root-Edge Protection System" available on or before 07.06.2017. Available from: https://www.interclamp.com/products/easyguard/ [accessed 31.05.18] *

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