Connecting device for scaffolding
OwnerMatthew Stringerinventor
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Abstract
A connecting head for connecting a first scaffold post to a second post has opposed upper and lower wedge sections that are integrally formed with a post retaining section for coaxially receiving one end of the first post within the post retaining section.
Claims22
A connecting head for connecting a first scaffold post to a second post, the second post having a perforated disk annually disposed thereon, the connecting head comprising a opposed upper and lower wedge sections,
- the upper and lower wedge sections being integrally formed with a post retaining section for coaxially receiving one end of a first post within the post retaining section,
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a horizontally extending slot for receiving a perforated disk,
- wherein the upper and lower wedge sections define first and second front end faces, respectively, each front end face being in the same longitudinally extending plane, and wherein the ratio of the first front end face of the upper wedge section to the second front end face of the lower wedge section ranges from approximately 1.15:1 to approximately 1:1.
(canceled)
A connecting device for connecting a first scaffold post to a second post, the second post having a perforated disk annually disposed thereon, the connecting device comprising a connecting head and a wedge movably disposed therein,
- the connecting head comprising opposed upper and lower wedge sections,
- the upper and lower wedge sections being integrally formed with a post retaining section for coaxially receiving one end of the first post within the post retaining section,
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a wedge receiving opening, and
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a horizontally extending slot for receiving a perforated disk,
- wherein the upper and lower wedge sections define first and second front end faces, respectively, each front end face being in the same longitudinally extending plane, and wherein the ratio of the first front end face of the upper wedge section to the second front end face of the lower wedge section ranges from approximately 1.15:1 to approximately 1:1.
(canceled)
A connecting head for connecting a first scaffold post to a second post, the second post having a perforated disk annually disposed thereon, the connecting head comprising opposed upper and lower wedge sections,
- the upper and lower wedge sections being integrally formed with a post retaining section for coaxially receiving one end of a first post within the post retaining section,
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a horizontally extending slot for receiving a perforated disk,
- wherein the upper wedge section defining an upper face which extends from the post retaining section at an acute angle from an axis extending through the connecting head, the upper face terminating at an upper surface, the upper surface extending in a plane that is parallel to the axis extending through the connecting head.
A connecting device for connecting a first scaffold post to a second post, the second post having a perforated disk annually disposed thereon, the connecting device comprising a connecting head and a wedge movably disposed therein,
- the connecting head comprising opposed upper and lower wedge sections,
- the upper and lower wedge sections being integrally formed with a post retaining section for coaxially receiving one end of the first post within the post retaining section,
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a wedge receiving opening, and
- the upper and lower wedge sections defining a horizontally extending slot for receiving a perforated disk,
- wherein the upper wedge section defining an upper face which extends from the post retaining section at an acute angle from an axis extending through the connecting head, the upper face terminating at an upper surface, the upper surface extending in a plane that is parallel to the axis extending through the connecting head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.