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US 5,016,735 AGranted
Scaffold planking stabilizer
OwnerTodd D. Hodgeinventor
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Abstract
A connector for maintaining the floor elements of a scaffold in a fixed spaced relation is disclosed. The connector comprises a plurality of independent sleeves, each of the sleeves being adapted to receive one of a plurality of floor elements. The sleeves are rigidly interconnected. Each sleeve includes an opening that is adapted to receive a nail so that the sleeve and the respective floor elements may be connected.
Claims5
A connector for mounting the floor elements of a scaffold in a fixed spaced relation that utilizes to advantage the structural properties of the floor elements and comprising:
- a plurality of independent sleeves, each of said sleeves defining an opening having opposite side walls and opposite end walls and being adapted to receive a respective one of a plurality of similarly sized floor elements;
- spacer means for rigidly interconnecting said independent sleeves connected to the side walls of said sleeves;
- said plurality of sleeves and said spacer means for rigidly interconnecting said sleeves being of unitary construction;
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- means for attaching said sleeves to the respective floor elements associated with at least some of the end walls of said sleeves.
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