Load-bearing scaffold for beds and the like

A load-bearing scaffold for placement on the floor of a room for supporting articles comprising:

• first and second generally upright load-bearing support structures each having upper sections and bases and each including at least two downwardly depending legs having top sections and leg bases;
• said legs of said first support structure removably connected to each other at said top sections thereof;
• said legs of said second support structure removably connected to each other at said top sections thereof;
• only one generally horizontal beam having opposite ends, one of said ends removably mounted to said upper section of said first support structure, the other of said ends removably mounted to said upper section of said second support structure;
• at least one elongated generally horizontal platform means removably mounted on one of said first and second support structures intermediate said horizontal beam and said base of said support structure;
• said platform means including elongated inner and outer sides and shorter front and rear ends, said outer side removably mounted to at least two of said legs of only one of said first and second support structures whereby said inner and outer sides are arranged generally perpendicular to said generally horizontal beam;
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• at least two tensioning members connected to said horizontal beam and depending downwards therefrom, said members connected to said platform means, one of said members extending between said horizontal beam and said front end adjacent said inner side, the other of said members extending between said horizontal beam and said rear end adjacent said inner side.