Pivoting Horizontal and Vertical Scaffold Members and a Method of Erecting an Offset Scaffold Platform
OwnerYates W. Hayman, Johnny Curtis +1inventors
InventorsYates W. Hayman, Johnny Curtis, Stephen Thacker
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Abstract
One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold truss that has upper and lower horizontal scaffold members offset but fixedly joined with braces. Each upper and lower members have a connector positioned on each end of the respective lower and upper members, where at least one of the connectors is pivotally mounted on the respective lower or upper connector, and the connectors are engagable with an annular member positioned on a vertical scaffold member.
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A scaffold horizontal truss comprising an upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member, each separated from the other but fixedly joined with a series of bracing members, each horizontal member having a first and second end respectively, said first end of each of said lower and upper horizontal members having one of a first connectors attached thereon, said first connector configured to removably connect to a scaffold vertical member at an annular member positioned on a scaffold vertical member, and said second end of at least one of said upper or said lower horizontal members further including a second connector pivotally attached thereon and configured to removably connect to a scaffold vertical member at an annular member positioned on a scaffold vertical member.
A method of erecting a suspended scaffold platform to an existing scaffold structure comprising vertical scaffold members, the method comprising the steps of:
- coupling a first horizontal scaffold member to an annular member on a first vertical scaffold member of said existing scaffold structure with a first connector, said first horizontal scaffold member having first and second ends, said first connector pivotally mounted on said first end of said first horizontal scaffold member;
- said first horizontal scaffold member further comprising a second connector positioned on said second end of said first horizontal scaffold member and configured to be engageable with another vertical scaffold member;
- pivoting said coupled first horizontal scaffold member about said first connector to position said second end of said first horizontal scaffold member from a location proximal the existing scaffold structure into a desired orientation distal from the existing scaffold structure;
- coupling a second horizontal scaffold member to an annular member on a second vertical scaffold member of said existing scaffold structure with a third connector, said second horizontal scaffold member having first and second ends, said first connector pivotally mounted on said first end of said second horizontal scaffold member;
- said second horizontal scaffold member further comprising a fourth connector positioned on said second end of said second horizontal scaffold member and configured to be engagable with another vertical scaffold member;
- pivoting said coupled second horizontal scaffold member about said third connector to position said second end of said second horizontal scaffold member from a location proximal the existing scaffold structure into a desired orientation distal the existing scaffold structure;
- placing scaffold planking boards over said pivoted first and second horizontal scaffold members. supporting said first horizontal scaffold member near its second end from an overhead structure;
- and supporting said second horizontal scaffold member near its second end from an overhead structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.