Scaffold bracket and hanger therefor

Abstract

A scaffolding bracket for supporting a platform against the wall of a ship or the like has a tapered U-shaped support beam having opposed pairs of apertures in the sides near one end thereof, the support beam is adjustable relative to a wall engaging plate. The wall engaging plate has a pair of keyhole apertures which connect to a pair of metallic studs which are secured to the wall of the ship or the like by welding means. The plate has a flange, the opposed sides of which define a segment of a circle about which the support beam is adjustably pivoted. The flange has a series of apertures at spaced apart intervals which cooperate with the pairs of apertures near the end of the support beam thus allowing the support beam to be pivotably adjusted in increments of five or ten degrees around the circle segment. In order to permit the bracket to be used on the inside wall as well as the outside wall of a ship, the flange is constructed to define a half circle about which the support beam is adjustably pivoted by a series of spaced apertures therein.

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