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An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an outrigger protection system for protecting an individual's foot from being crushed by a moving outrigger. The outrigger protection system includes a bottom plate and an outwardly extending protection element. The bottom plate is securable

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an outrigger protection system for protecting an individual's foot from being crushed by a moving outrigger. The outrigger protection system includes a bottom plate and an outwardly extending protection element. The bottom plate is securable to the bottom of the conventional outrigger. The outwardly extending protection element can be integral with the either the bottom plate or the bottom of the outrigger and extends beyond the perimeter of the foot of the outrigger. If someone were standing in the way of the outrigger when the outrigger was being moved the protection element would strike the leg or shin. If, however, the outrigger protection system were to land on the foot, it would not crush the foot as it is non-weight-bearing.

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1. In an outrigger for stabilizing a vehicle or piece of equipment, the outrigger comprising an extension with a bottom pad, wherein the bottom pad is positioned at an end of the extension such that when the outrigger is in use, the bottom pad supports weight applied to the outrigger, an outrigger p

1. In an outrigger for stabilizing a vehicle or piece of equipment, the outrigger comprising an extension with a bottom pad, wherein the bottom pad is positioned at an end of the extension such that when the outrigger is in use, the bottom pad supports weight applied to the outrigger, an outrigger protection system comprising: a protection element connected to the bottom pad and extending outwardly from at least a portion of the outrigger, wherein the protection element is non-weight-bearingwherein upon deployment of the outrigger, the protection element will contact an individual in a strike zone, the strike zone being a zone in which if the individual remained, the individual could be contacted by a portion of the outrigger when the outrigger is deployed to a use position, wherein the protection element warns the individual to move distal at least the bottom pad and out of the strike zone. 2. The outrigger protection system of claim 1, further comprising a bottom plate integral with the protection element, the bottom plate comprising a plurality of apertures sized to receive securing mechanisms to releasably connect the bottom plate to the bottom pad. 3. The outrigger protection system of claim 1, wherein the protection element comprises a plurality of outwardly extending members. 4. The outrigger protection system of claim 3, wherein each outwardly extending member in the plurality of outwardly extending members is coupled to at least one lateral member. 5. The outrigger protection system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of outwardly extending members are made of plastic. 6. The outrigger protection system of claim 1, wherein the protection element comprises a cable system. 7. An outrigger protection system for providing a physical warning when an outrigger is being placed in a use position, the system comprising: a bottom plate connected to a bottom end of the outrigger anda non-weight-bearing protection element positioned proximate the bottom plate,wherein the protection element extends outwardly from at least a portion of the outrigger, wherein the protection element is configured to provide a physical warning to a person within a predetermined range of the outrigger when the outrigger is being placed in a use position. 8. The outrigger protection system of claim 7, wherein the bottom plate comprises a plurality of apertures, the apertures sized to receive securing mechanisms to releasably connect the bottom plate to the bottom of the outrigger. 9. The outrigger protection system of claim 7, wherein the protection element extends outwardly from less than the entire perimeter of the outrigger. 10. The outrigger protection system of claim 7, wherein the protection element comprises a plurality of outwardly extending members. 11. The outrigger protection system of claim 10, wherein each outwardly extending member in the plurality of outwardly extending members is coupled to at least one lateral member. 12. The outrigger protection system of claim 7, wherein the protection element comprises a cable system. 13. The outrigger protection system of claim 7, wherein the protection element is integral with the bottom plate. 14. A method of physically warning a person in proximity to an outrigger system comprising: attaching an outrigger protection system to a bottom end of the outrigger, the outrigger protection system comprising a protection element, such that the protection element provides a physical warning that the outrigger is being placed in the use position if the person is within a predetermined range of the outrigger system. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the protection element extends outwardly from at least a portion of the outrigger. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the predetermined range is a distance that the protection element extends outwardly from the at least a portion of the outrigger. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the protection element comprises a plurality of outwardly extending members.