| 摘要 |
A collapsible bed rail system 1, particularly advantageous for use with a bunk 4 of a ship or offshore platform, has a bed rail 22 locked in place in a raised position by means of a locking tube 20 sliding over a lower knuckle joint (7, Fig 2). The system may further comprise a second locking tube 21 and second lower knuckle joint (8, Fig 2) at a second end of the bed rail. The two knuckle joints may be arranged such that the rail remains parallel to the bed 4, to which the system is attached, when the rail is moved from the raised position to a lowered position (Fig 3). This provides a relatively inexpensive, simple to operate and secure way of locking a bed rail in a raised position and ensures that the bed rail cannot be removed from the bed, thereby ensuring the bed rail is readily available when it is necessary to employ it. |
