Shoring system: a ledger frame shoring system
AssigneeSGB Holdings Limited
InventorDemetrios G. Papadopoulos
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Abstract
A shoring system consists of a number of vertical legs, with a ledger frame between each pair of adjacent legs. The ledger frame comprises an upper horizontally extending member and a lower horizontally extending member. There are vertical side members adjacent the sides of the frame. The horizontal members extend beyond the vertical side members and each horizontal member is provided with terminal connectors adapted to connect the horizontal members to the vertical legs. Consequently the vertical members on the ledger frame are spaced away from the vertical legs.
Claims7
A shoring system, the shoring system comprising at least two substantially vertical legs and at least one ledger frame extending between the legs, the ledger frame consisting of an upper horizontally extending member and a lower horizontally extending member the shoring system also comprising a first vertical member adjacent one side of the frame and a second vertical member adjacent the other side of the frame, the horizontal members extending beyond the vertical members and being provided with terminal connectors at ends of the horizontal members, the terminal connectors adapted to connect the horizontal members to the vertical legs, each terminal connector comprising a bolt having a head dimensioned in one orientation to enter through a slot in a channel defined by walls formed on a leg, and adapted to be moved to an alternative orientation in which it cannot be withdrawn from the channel, each terminal connector further comprising a bolt mover adapted to move the bolt to the said alternative orientation and to urge the bolt into firm contact with the walls defining the channel in the leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.