Window platform and scaffolding device
OwnerSteven Csomosinventor
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Abstract
A window mounted temporary working platform which is totally assembled by one user from inside the window being repaired, maintained, or washed. The device provides a working platform at an elevation below the outer window sill with two side rails, an outer rail and a working platform which is supported without permanent installation on the building being serviced. The device is adjustable in width to accommodate a wide variety of window widths and is configured to provide for window with outer storm windows and window installation where the area below the inner sill is unavailable for platform support or connection due to of a heater or radiator.
Claims7
An adjustable window mounted working platform which comprises:
- a. an inner brace member which engages the inside of a building in which a window is positioned;
- b. a pair of side members which extend outside of the window and cause the inner brace to engage the inside of a wall in cantilever action;
- c. a platform supported by the pair of side members and mounted thereon at an elevation below the elevation of a lower window sill;
- d. a pair of L-shaped side handles each comprising a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member mounted onto each side member;
- e. a rear brace member perpendicularly attached to each L-shaped side handle horizontal member and spanning the width of the platform;
- f. means for slidingly connecting the side members to the inner brace to provide adjustment to the window width from inside the window;
- g. means for releasably connecting the rear brace to the side members;
- h. means for fixing the the side member connecting means in a given position;
- i. means for fixing the rear member connecting means in a given position whereby a complete platform is assembled at an elevation below the elevation of the window sill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.