LATERAL PROTECTION DEVICE FOR HEAVY ROAD VEHICLES AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME

The present invention relates to a lateral protection device (10) for heavy road vehicles comprising a plurality of support legs (12) comprising at least two support legs (12) each comprising a connection base (12a) configured to be rigidly fixed to a platform (20) or to a chassis (32) of a heavy road vehicle (30) according to a fixed reciprocal arrangement, parallel and spaced along a development axis (A) and an upright (12b) connected to the connection base (12a) at one of its ends, the uprights (12b) of the plurality of the support legs (12) being substantially linear, so that the set of uprights (12b) of the plurality of support legs (12) defines a plane of the uprights (12b) of the support legs (12), and at least one wall element (11) extending elongated along the development axis (A) and bound to at least two first support legs (12) of the plurality of support legs (12), and characterized in that the wall element (11) is constrained to the uprights (12b) of the at least two first support legs (12) at its own side facing the connection bases (12a) of the support legs (12) so as to pivot around a rotation axis (B), parallel to the development axis (A), between a closed operating position in which the wall element (11) is arranged substantially parallel to the plane of the uprights (12b) of the support legs (12) and at least an operating opening position in which the wall element (11) is tilted with respect to the plane of the uprights (12b) of the support legs (12).