Multi-directional transport device for scaffolding

A multi-directional transport device comprising:

• (a) an elongated flat plate, said elongated flat plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;
• (b) first and second angled extension plates, each of said first and second angled extension plates having a top, a bottom, a fixed end, an elevated end, a first tapered side, and a second tapered side;
• said fixed end of said first angled extension plate being attached to said first end of said elongated flat plate such that said bottom of said angled extension plate forms an acute angle relative to said bottom surface of said elongated flat plate;
• said fixed end of said second angled extension plate being attached to said second end of said elongated flat plate such that said bottom of said angled extension plate forms at an acute angle relative to said bottom surface of said elongated flat plate.

A multi-directional transport device, for use in maneuvering a scaffold during building construction by sliding the scaffold atop corrugated sheet metal floor decking in between the vertical studs prior to pouring the concrete covering layer, said multi-directional scaffold transport device comprising:

• an elongated flat plate, said elongated flat plate having a first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends having an extension plate protruding therefrom at an acute angle to said elongated flat plate, said extension plate at said first and second ends each narrowing with increasing distance from respective first and second ends;
• one or more stiffeners, said one or more stiffeners protruding upward from said elongated flat plate, and from said angled extension plate at said first end and said second end;
• a plurality of threaded studs, said plurality of threaded studs protruding vertically from said top surface of said elongated flat plate;
• and attachment of said device to each of a plurality of legs of a scaffold, each of said plurality of legs terminating on the top surface of a generally flat base, a bottom mating to said top surface of said elongated flat plate, said top surface having a means for securing said threaded stud of said multi-directional transport device.

A method of maneuvering a scaffold during building construction, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a plurality of multi-directional scaffold transport devices, said multi-directional scaffold transport device comprising:
• (i) an elongated flat plate, said elongated flat plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side;
• (ii) first and second angled extension plates, each of said first and second angled extension plates having a top, a bottom, a fixed end, an elevated end, a first tapered side, and a second tapered side;
• said fixed end of said first angled extension plate being attached to said first end of said elongated flat plate such that said bottom of said angled extension plate forms an acute angle relative to said bottom surface of said elongated flat plate;
• said fixed end of said second angled extension plate being attached to said second end of said elongated flat plate such that said bottom of said angled extension plate forms at an acute angle relative to said bottom surface of said elongated flat plate;
• (iii) one or more stiffeners, said one or more stiffeners protruding upward from said elongated plate between said first and said second ends;
• said one or more stiffeners on said elongated plate being located at an outer edge of said elongated plate;
• said one or more stiffeners also protruding upward from said extension plate at said first and second ends, said one or more stiffeners on said extension plate at said first and second ends being located at an outer edge of respective extension plates;
• (iv) a plurality of threaded studs, said plurality of threaded studs protruding vertically from said elongated plate;
• (b) attaching one of said plurality of multi-directional scaffold transport devices to a flat base of each leg of a scaffold by inserting said threaded studs of said multi-directional scaffold transport device into holes in said base of said scaffold and by securing said multi-directional scaffold transport device to said base with a nut;
• (c) sliding the scaffold atop corrugated sheet metal floor decking, said sheet metal floor decking having peaks and valleys, and wherein said multi-directional scaffold device traverses from one of said peaks, and over an adjacent one of said valleys to another of said peaks;
• (d) maneuvering said scaffold such that each of said multi-directional scaffold transport devices is directed in between vertical anchor studs of said corrugated sheet metal floor decking, and wherein one of said first or second tapered sides of said angled extension plate contacts a vertical anchor stud, said contact causing said scaffold to push away from said contacted anchor stud.