Cable-panel connector for bridge platform or other scaffolding

A connector for connecting and disconnecting a panel to and from a supporting cable, the connector comprising

• first and second plates,
• a hinge structure including at least one hinge pin effecting a hinged joining of said plates, wherein said plates in a first hinged position are co-planar to overlie and at least partially cover an opening in the panel,
• a member attached to said first plate and extending therefrom and having a free end portion, wherein said member is adapted to be passed downwardly through the opening while said second plate is in a second hinged position relative to said first plate and to cradle a cable passing below the panel then to be passed upwardly back through the opening,
• an aperture in said second plate for passing said free end portion through said aperture,
• a wedge slidably receivable between said free end portion and said second plate while said first and second plates are in said first hinged position for wedgedly retaining said member in said second plate aperture, and
• a member attached to said second plate in a position such that said member attached to said second plate retains said wedge inseparable from said first and second hingedly joined plates,
• whereby said first and second hingedly joined plates are connectable and disconnectable for forming, without a nut, between said first and second hingedly joined plates alternately a latched state for latching one to an other of said first and second hingedly joined plates for connecting a panel to a supporting cable and an unlatched state for unlatching said one from said other of said first and second hingedly joined plates for disconnecting a panel from a supporting cable, whereby said first and second hingedly joined plates and said wedge are inseparable from each other in each of said latched and unlatched states.