ANTI-SLIP DEVICE FOR EGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
An anti-slip device is attachable to a construction bucket. The device has an elongated body extending from a first end to a second end, with a center span connecting opposing legs. The body includes sets of teeth projecting upwardly from the center span, while the legs downwardly project and have castellations along their lower edges. The lower edges of the legs can be fastened to the upper edge of the construction bucket. The body may include drainage gaps between the center span and the teeth, and the teeth may project from opposite sides of the center span. The body may also have drainage holes extending through the center span and may be shaped as an inverted U. The device aims to enhance traction and provide an easier to reach location for operators to step on when exiting construction equipment.
1 . An anti-slip device configured to be attached to a construction bucket, the anti-slip device comprising:
an elongated body extending from a first end to an opposite, second end, the body having a center span and opposing legs each extending from the first end to the second end with the center span extending between and connecting the legs with each other,
the body including sets of teeth upwardly projecting from the center span with the legs downwardly projecting from the center span in an opposite direction,
the legs including castellations along lower edges of the legs, the lower edges of the legs configured to be fastened to an upper edge of the construction bucket.
2 . The anti-slip device of claim 1 , the body including drainage gaps between the center span and the teeth.
3 . The anti-slip device of claim 2 , wherein the drainage gaps and the body are elongated along or parallel to a common direction.
4 . The anti-slip device of claim 3 , wherein each of the sets of the teeth is spaced apart from the center span of the body by one of the drainage gaps.
5 . The anti-slip device of claim 3 , wherein the sets of the teeth along each of the legs are spaced apart from each other along the common direction.
6 . The anti-slip device of claim 1 , wherein the teeth upwardly project from the center span on opposite sides of the center span.
7 . The anti-slip device of claim 1 , wherein the body includes drainage holes extending through the center span.
8 . The anti-slip device of claim 1 , wherein the body has a shape of an inverted U.
9 . An anti-slip device configured to be attached to a construction bucket, the anti-slip device comprising:
an elongated body having opposing planar walls connected by a planar span, the planar walls having crenellated lower edges and teeth projecting along upper edges of the planar walls,
the lower edges of the planar walls configured to be fastened to an upper edge of the construction bucket.
10 . The anti-slip device of claim 9 , the body including elongated drainage gaps between the planar span and the planar walls.
11 . The anti-slip device of claim 10 , wherein the drainage gaps and the body are elongated along or parallel to a common direction.
12 . The anti-slip device of claim 11 , wherein each of planar walls includes sets of the teeth that are spaced apart from the planar span of the body by at least one of the drainage gaps.
13 . The anti-slip device of claim 12 , wherein the sets of the teeth along each of the planar walls are spaced apart from each other along the common direction.
14 . The anti-slip device of claim 9 , wherein the teeth upwardly project from the planar span on opposite sides of the planar span.
15 . The anti-slip device of claim 9 , wherein the body includes drainage holes extending through the planar span between the planar walls.
16 . The anti-slip device of claim 9 , wherein the body has a shape of an inverted U.
17 . An anti-slip device configured to be attached to an upper edge of a construction bucket, the anti-slip device comprising:
an elongated, inverted U-shaped body extending from a first end to an opposite, second end, the body having a center span and opposing parallel, planar legs each extending from the first end to the second end with the center span extending between and connecting the legs with each other,
each of the legs having sets of teeth upwardly projecting from upper edges of the legs,
each of the legs having castellations along lower edges of the legs that are opposite the upper edges of the legs,
the lower edges of the legs configured to be fastened to the upper edge of the construction bucket with the center span spaced apart from the upper edge of the construction bucket.
18 . The anti-slip device of claim 17 , the body including elongated drainage gaps between the center span and the legs.
19 . The anti-slip device of claim 18 , wherein each of the sets of the teeth is spaced apart from the center span of the body by at least one of the drainage gaps.
20 . The anti-slip device of claim 17 , wherein the body and the sets of the teeth are elongated along or parallel to a common direction.