Removable safety stanchion post arrangement

Abstract

A floor perimeter safety rail arrangement for the protection of workers on the floor of a building on which the workers are workers. The rail arrangement comprises a cement encasable hollow receiving base for attachment to a support surface and a stanchion post removably received in the receiving base. A locking arrangement is provided for both securing and unlocking the stanchion post with respect to the receiving base after the cement has been poured.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A floor perimeter safety rail arrangement for the protection of workers on the floor on which they are building, comprising: 
 a cement encasable hollow receiving base for attachment to a support surface;    a stanchion post removably received in said receiving base; and    a locking arrangement for securing and unlocking said stanchion post with respect to said receiving base.    
     
     
         2 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said stanchion is rectilinear in cross-section.  
     
     
         3 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said stanchion is round in cross-section.  
     
     
         4 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises an elongated rod secured at an upper end of said stanchion, said elongated rod threadedly secured to a threaded receiving nut in said receiving base.  
     
     
         5 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises a vertically displaceable locking stud securable in an locking orientation in an upper end of said receiving base.  
     
     
         6 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said locking stud is of inverted T-shape, and said receiving base has an annular shoulder for retention of said stud within said receiving base.  
     
     
         7 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said locking stud and said stanchion have a removable pin arranged therebetween to secure said locking stud to said stanchion and thereby secure said stanchion to said receiving base.  
     
     
         8 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises a diagonally arranged bolt extending through a lower portion of said stanchion and into a threaded receiving member angularly disposed in said receiving base.  
     
     
         9 . The safety rail arrangement as recited in  claim 3 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises a threaded annular surface on an upper inside surface of said receiving base, and said stanchion has a threaded annular surface on a lower end thereof, to threadably engage and disengage of one another, for simple respective twisting securement and separation of said stanchion with respect to said receiving base.  
     
     
         10 . A method of providing a safety rail arrangement to a periphery of a floor of a building comprising: 
 attaching a lower end of a receiving base to an I beam on said floor of said building;    securing a removable stanchion to said receiving base by a locking arrangement disposed therewith;    pouring concrete onto said floor of said building to a level even with an upper end of said receiving base to define a cement floor and to encase said receiving base.    
     
     
         11 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , including: 
 attaching a safety line to said stanchion.    
     
     
         12 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , including: 
 unlocking said stanchion from said base; and    removing said unlocked stanchion from said base.    
     
     
         13 . The method as recited in  claim 12 , including: 
 re-using said removed stanchion as part of another safety rail arrangement in a further receiving base.    
     
     
         14 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises an elongated shaft disposed between said stanchion and said base in a threaded arrangement therebetween.  
     
     
         15 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said locking arrangement comprises a displaceable locking stud engaged between said stanchion and said receiving base.  
     
     
         16 . The method as recited in  claim 15 , wherein said locking stud is secured to said stanchion by a removable pin extending therebetween.  
     
     
         17 . The method as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said periphery of said floor of said building comprises an inner periphery thereof.