Platform system
AssigneeSafe Rack LLC
InventorsRobert W. Honeycutt, Joseph N. Lane, Carson Allan Jones, Paul Thomas King, JR.
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Abstract
A platform system comprising a platform structure having at least one modular platform unit with platform connection features on a side surface thereof to which other components can be connected, the other components including at least two of the following: another modular platform unit, a stair unit, a tower unit, a handrail unit, and a ladder unit. A stair assembly is connected to the platform structure via said connection features, the stair assembly comprising a plurality of stair units connected together to provide a number of steps equal to the sum of steps of the stair units.
Claims10
A tower assembly for use in a platform system, said tower assembly comprising:
- a plurality of tower units stacked one on top of the other, each of the tower units having an inverted generally U-shaped configuration with a top portion and pair of depending leg portions;
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- adjacent tower units being interconnected via a pair of removable side brackets.
A combination comprising:
- a plate structure defining at least one fastener through-hole;
- a tubular member defining a fastener receipt hole;
- a nut plate locking device having a nut plate and an associated spring plate received in said tubular member, said spring plate carrying at least one spring urging it away from said nut plate;
- said nut plate having a threaded hole aligned with said fastener through-hole of said plate structure and said fastener receipt hole of said tubular member;
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- a threaded fastener extending through said fastener through-hole of said plate structure and said fastener receipt hole of said tubular member into threaded engagement with said threaded hole of said nut plate such that said tubular member is connected to said plate structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.