Support member for joinable scaffolding planks
AssigneeAlum-A-Pole Corporation
InventorKevin Jablonski
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Abstract
A support member is provided for joining scaffolding plank segments comprising a first support surface for supporting a first scaffolding plank segment and a second support surface parallel to the first support surface for supporting a second scaffolding plank segment. A joining member joins the first and second plank segments, a first retainer is provided for retaining the first scaffolding plank segment on the first support surface and a second retainer for retaining the second scaffolding plank segment on the second support surface. A system is further provided comprising at least two scaffolding plank segments and a bracket, such as that described above, for supporting an end of each of the segments.
Claims11
A support member for joining scaffolding plank segments comprising:
- a first support surface for supporting a first scaffolding plank segment;
- a second support surface parallel to the first support surface for supporting a second scaffolding plank segment;
- a joining member for joining the first and second plank segments to each other;
- a first retainer for retaining the first scaffolding plank segment on the first support surface;
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- a second retainer for retaining the second scaffolding plank segment on the second support surface,
- wherein the first and second retainers each comprise corresponding vertical surfaces for engaging an end cap of the corresponding scaffolding plank segment, the end cap extending across a width of the scaffolding plank segment.
A scaffolding system comprising:
- two scaffolding plank segments;
- a bracket for supporting an end of each of the two scaffolding plank segments;
- the bracket comprising:
- a first support surface for supporting the end of a first of the two scaffolding plank segments;
- a second support surface parallel to the first support surface for supporting the end of a second of the two scaffolding plank segments;
- a joining member for joining the ends of the two scaffolding plank segments to each other;
- a first retainer for retaining the first scaffolding plank segment on the first support surface;
- and
- a second retainer for retaining the second scaffolding plank segment on the second support surface,
- wherein each of the two scaffolding plank segments comprises an end cap extending across a width of the corresponding scaffolding plank segment, and wherein each end cap is retained by the corresponding retainer of the bracket, and
- wherein each retainer comprises a vertical surface that opposes and abuts a vertical surface of the end cap of the corresponding scaffolding plank segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.