Debris chute assembly
AssigneeTDR Systems, Inc.
InventorChad Helmer
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Abstract
A debris chute assembly for removing debris from a height during construction or similar activity includes a scaffold, a plurality of wall members, and a plurality of corner members. The wall members hang on ledgers of the scaffold in tubular sections which align with each other. The corner members attach to standards of the scaffold and retain the wall members in fixed positions with respect to the scaffold. Various embodiments of corner members are provided which attach to the scaffold by various fastening means.
Claims20
A debris chute assembly comprising:
- a scaffold comprising:
- a plurality of standards spaced a distance apart from one another;
- a plurality of ledgers extending between adjacent standards of the plurality of standards;
- a plurality of wall members;
- a passageway defined in a wall member of the plurality of wall members;
- wherein a ledger of the plurality of ledgers is received within the passageway;
- wherein the plurality of wall members each comprise a pair of lateral edges;
- a plurality of corner members;
- wherein each corner member of the plurality of corner members extends beyond at least one of the pair of lateral edges of adjacent wall members of the plurality of wall members;
- and
- wherein the plurality of corner members secures the plurality of wall members to the plurality of standards.
A method of assembling and utilizing a debris chute assembly comprising:
- spacing a plurality of standards of a scaffold apart from one another;
- extending a ledger of a plurality of ledgers of the scaffold between adjacent standards of the plurality of standards;
- providing a plurality of wall members with a pair of lateral edges;
- defining a passageway in each wall member of the plurality of wall members;
- receiving an associated ledger of the plurality of ledgers within the passageway of a wall member of the plurality of wall members;
- hanging the wall member from the associated ledger;
- providing a plurality of corner members;
- extending a corner member of the plurality of corner members beyond at least one of the pair of lateral edges of adjacent wall members;
- and
- securing the adjacent wall members to an associated standard of the plurality of standards via the corner member.
A debris chute assembly comprising:
- a scaffold comprising:
- a plurality of standards spaced a distance apart from one another;
- a plurality of ledgers extending between adjacent standards of the plurality of standards;
- a plurality of wall members;
- a passageway defined in a wall member of the plurality of wall members;
- wherein a ledger of the plurality of ledgers is received within the passageway;
- wherein each wall member of the plurality of wall members comprises:
- an inner surface and an outer surface opposite one another;
- and
- wherein the inner surfaces of the plurality of wall members bound and define a channel extending from a top end through to a bottom end of the debris chute assembly;
- a plurality of corner members;
- wherein each corner member of the plurality of corner members extends between adjacent wall members of the plurality of wall members;
- wherein each corner member extends between the inner surfaces of the adjacent wall members;
- and
- wherein the plurality of corner members secures the plurality of wall members to the plurality of standards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.