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US 12,618,249 B2Granted
Toe board for scaffolding
AssigneeAdelie, LLC
InventorsRodney Michael Scott Skelton, Chris Osswald, Jonah Higgs, Jeremy Falkowski, Archie Troy Lumsden, Troy Kowalski
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Abstract
The safety of scaffolding is enhanced by providing a scaffolding toe board system comprising a plurality of toe boards constructed of a panel and a pair of brackets used to couple the ends of the panel to adjacent support posts of the scaffolding. The brackets are all identical, quick and easy to deploy, and designed so that the brackets of two toe boards coupled to the same support post will not interfere with each other.
Claims13
A scaffolding toe board assembly comprising:
- (a) a toe board having a panel with an inside surface, an outside surface, a first end, a second end, a top edge, bottom edge, a first engagement slot extending through the panel adjacent the first end of the panel, and a second engagement slot extending through the panel adjacent the second end of the panel;
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- (b) a first bracket and a second bracket each adapted to temporarily couple the toe board to a support post of a scaffolding assembly, said first bracket and second bracket each comprising:
- (i) a plate extending along a first plane;
- (ii) a support post receiving channel assembly extending outwardly from the first plane, said support post receiving channel assembly comprising a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm, said first arm and said third arm extending along the first plane, said second arm having a first arm portion extending at a first angle from the first plane, and a second arm portion extending from the first arm portion at a second angle, said second arm cooperating with the first arm and the third arm to create a space adapted to receive the support post;
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- (c) first coupling means for joining said first bracket to the first end of the toe board and second coupling means for joining the second bracket to the second end of the toe board with the first arm, the second arm, and the third arm of the first bracket offset from the first arm, the second arm, and the third arm of the second bracket so that the first arm of the first bracket is closer to the top edge than the first arm of the second bracket, the second arm of the second bracket is closer to the top edge than the second arm of the first bracket, and the third arm of the second bracket is closer to the top edge than the third arm of the first bracket.
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