Lockable scaffold toeboard system

The combination of a toeboard system and a first and second vertical scaffold members, the first and second vertical scaffold members each comprising a tubular member having a series of outwardly extending annular members fixedly mounted on the tubular member, each tubular member having a diameter;

• the scaffold toeboard system configured to lock said toeboard system between said first and second vertical scaffold members, said toeboard system including a toeboard comprising an elongated member having a fixed terminating end and an adjustable terminating end, the toeboard further comprising a front portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and a rear portion defining an interior;
• a locking mechanism slidable in the interior of the toeboard between a retracted position and an engaged position, the locking mechanism comprising a lock member body having a front portion and a rear portion, top portion;
• a bottom portion, and a front terminating edge, and
• two tabs positioned on said locking mechanism and extending outwardly from said front terminating edge of the lock member body, said two tabs separated by a horizontal distance of about the diameter of said first or second vertical scaffold members;
• one of said two tabs positioned on or adjacent the front portion of the lock member body, the other of said two tabs positioned on or adjacent the rear portion of the lock member body;
• the locking mechanism further comprising a lock adapted to releasingly fix the lock member body the engaged position.

A telescoping scaffold toeboard, comprising:

• a) an elongated toeboard body, the elongated toeboard body comprising:
• i) a top wall, ii) a bottom wall parallel to the top wall, iii) a front sidewall connecting the top and bottom walls;
• iv) a first terminating end;
• and v) a second terminating end;
• wherein the top wall, bottom wall, and front sidewall define an interior channel;
• and wherein a length extending from the first terminating end to the second terminating end defines a longitudinal axis of the elongated toeboard body;
• b) a telescoping sleeve assembly coupled to the first terminating end of the elongated toeboard body, the telescoping sleeve assembly comprising:
• a lock member sleeve slidably coupled to the toeboard interior channel, the lock member sleeve having a top wall;
• a bottom wall parallel to the top wall;
• and a sidewall connecting the top and bottom walls, and first and second fingers projecting longitudinally from opposing sides of the top wall of the lock member sleeve, to enable attachment to a first vertical scaffold member in a scaffold assembly;
• a lock member a spring member defining a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly attached to the lock member sleeve with a mounting fastener, and wherein the second end comprises a button accessible through an opening formed in the sidewall of the elongated toeboard body
• wherein the button, when extending through said opening in said toeboard body, fixes the lock member body with respect to the elongated toeboard,
• a pair of tabs extending from opposing sides of said lock member body along the longitudinal axis of the toeboard body, said tabs separated by a distance equal to the diameter of a first vertical scaffold member,
• a pair of fingers coupled to the second terminating end of the elongated toeboard body, the pair of fingers extending longitudinally along the axis away from said second terminating end, and each of said pair separated from the other of said pair by a distance equal to the diameter of a second vertical scaffold member.