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(11) | EP 2 662 519 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Swing hinge and gravity-closing gate assembly |
| (57) A swing hinge assembly and gravity-closing gate assembly can be attached to a guardrail
on either side of a guardrail opening. A hinge pin can be disposed through the swing
hinge assembly and the gravity-closing gate for attaching the gravity-closing gate
thereto. The swing hinge assembly can have a C-configuration that allows the gravity-closing
gate to swing open in either direction from a lowest neutral position. A recess of
the swing hinge assembly can have an angled hinge face that opens towards the guardrail
opening. In operation, the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to
rise from the lowest neutral position when the gravity-closing gate is opening, and
the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to return to the lowest neutral
position when closing.
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