Platform system

A platform system comprising:

• a horizontal platform structure configured to support a load imposed by a person standing or walking, said platform structure extending between a first end and a second end to define an axial direction;
• a first support structure located at said first end of said horizontal platform structure such that said first end of said horizontal platform structure is elevated and supported by said first support structure;
• a second support structure located at said second end of said horizontal platform structure such that said second end of said horizontal platform structure is elevated and supported by said second support structure;
• said platform structure having at least first and second modular platforms each comprising a top surface and first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces that are planar, dimensionally consistent, and mutually interchangeable with each other and define a square perimeter for said top surface, said side surfaces each comprising a respective side connection arrangement such that side connection arrangements of each of the first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces are functionally identical with each other such that any of the first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces of the first modular platform are connectable to any of the first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces of the second modular platform;
• a selected side surface of the first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces of the first modular platform being opposed to a selected side surface of said first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces of the second modular platform, said first and second modular platforms being interconnected using said respective side connection arrangement such that said selected side surface of said first modular platform and said selected side surface of said second modular platform form a connecting structure and support the load without a vertical support extending between the connecting structure and a ground surface;
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• said first modular platform and said second modular platform each having a respective one of first and second handrail structures, said first and second handrail structures each having a pair of vertical upright posts removably connected to a respective one of said first and second modular platforms such that the first and second handrail structures are aligned in the axial direction of the horizontal platform structure,
• wherein opposed adjacent side surfaces of the first and second modular platforms are connectable via a plurality of horizontal elongate fasteners.