Scaffolding
AssigneeWls Intellectual Property Limited
InventorYu Shing So
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bridge that is for use with a scaffolding standard. The standard may comprise of an elongate pipe to which there is secured at least one rosette of a kind that presents a plurality of apertures about the pipe at which a connection to said standard can be established by other scaffolding components. The bridge is capable of connection to said rosette at at least two said apertures, said bridge allowing a scaffolding component to be secured thereto to be positioned and supported by said bridge at a location not catered for by any aperture of said rosette.
Claims11
A bridge configured to connect to a scaffolding standard, the scaffolding standard comprising at least one rosette secured to an elongate pipe, the at least one rosette having a plurality of angularly spaced apertures each residing at a respective side of a region of the rosette, and each positioned at a respective location about the pipe at which the standard can be connected to other scaffolding components, the bridge including a bridge portion and at least two angularly spaced connectors each connector releasably connected to a respective one of the apertures of the rosette, and the bridge portion including a fastening region at a location other than the locations of the apertures of the rosette when the connectors are connected to the apertures of the rosette to allow a scaffolding component to be secured to the bridge and positioned and supported by the bridge at a location other than the locations of the apertures of the rosette,
- wherein a space between the spaced connectors permits the region of the rosette to be received between the connectors of the bridge,
- wherein the bridge portion supports the at least two spaced connectors, wherein each connector is a prong having a free end, and the two prongs are spaced completely apart along an entire length thereof, and each prong projects in a respective direction from the bridge portion,
- wherein the bridge portion of the bridge and the prongs are shaped and configured so as to allow the bridge portion of the bridge to rest on the region of the rosette when the prongs are fully engaged with the apertures,
- wherein the fastening region is on, and the bridge portion extends only along, a radial plane that is not parallel to the direction of projection of the prongs and extends radially relative to two adjacent apertures of the rosette when the connectors are connected to the apertures of the rosette,
- wherein the bridge portion is a planar body that includes a continuous and endless border wall located between a top surface of the bridge portion and a bottom surface of the bridge portion,
- wherein the continuous and endless wall defines the outer perimeter of the bridge portion, and
- wherein the prongs project from the bottom surface of the bridge portion and are isolated from one another along the entire length thereof from the bottom surface to the free ends thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.