Erectable platform
AssigneeWenger Corporation
InventorMartin E. Thiede
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Abstract
An erectable platform includes at least one bay, the bay having; at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers. The platform further includes support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at least two intermediate beams, each of said main beams underlying each of the at least one deck assemblies in a supporting disposition, each of said main beams presenting a first elongate, upward directed threaded receiver, the threaded receiver having two spaced apart rails defining a slot between the two rails, and each of said intermediate beams extending between two of the at least two main beams and being operably removably coupled thereto, and a plurality of depending columns operably removably coupled to the support structure in a supporting disposition.
Claims44
A platform, comprising:
- at least one bay, the bay having;
- at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers;
- support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at least two intermediate beams, each of said main beams underlying each of the at least one deck assemblies in a supporting disposition, each of said main beams presenting a first elongate, upward directed threaded receiver, the threaded receiver having two spaced apart rails defining a slot between the two rails, and each of said intermediate beams extending between two of the at least two main beams and being operably removably coupled thereto;
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- a plurality of depending columns operably removably coupled to the support structure in a supporting disposition.
A platform, comprising:
- at least one bay, the bay having;
- at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers;
- support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at least two intermediate beams, each of said main beams underlying each of the at least one deck assemblies in a supporting disposition, each of said main beams presenting a first elongate, upward directed threaded receiver, the threaded receiver having two spaced apart rails defining a slot between the two rails, and each of said intermediate beams extending between two of the at least two main beams and being operably removably coupled thereto, each of said intermediate beams including at least one coupling device, the coupling device being disposed at an end of the intermediate beam for coupling to a main beam, the coupling device being selectively shiftable relative to the intermediate beam for adjusting an overall length dimension of the intermediate beam, each of said intermediate beams coupling device being mateable to a corresponding main beam coupling device in a tongue-and-groove type coupling;
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- a plurality of depending columns operably removably coupled to the support structure in a supporting disposition.
A platform, comprising:
- at least one bay, the bay having;
- at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers, the deck assembly threaded couplers being shiftable between a retracted disposition and an extended disposition, being biased in the retracted disposition and further being actuatable from a deck assembly upper surface to engage a first main beam upward directed threaded receiver in a coupled disposition;
- support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at least two intermediate beams, each of said main beams underlying each of the at least one deck assemblies in a supporting disposition, each of said main beams presenting a first elongate, upward directed threaded receiver, the threaded receiver having two spaced apart rails defining a slot between the two rails, and each of said intermediate beams extending between two of the at least two main beams and being operably removably coupled thereto;
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- a plurality of depending columns operably removably coupled to the support structure in a supporting disposition.
A platform, comprising:
- at least one bay, the bay having;
- at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers;
- support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at least two intermediate beams, each of said main beams underlying each of the at least one deck assemblies in a supporting disposition, each of said main beams presenting a first elongate, upward directed threaded receiver, the threaded receiver having two spaced apart rails defining a slot between the two rails, the main beam threaded receiver rails each including a plurality of lands and grooves, the lands and grooves of a first rail cooperating with the lands and grooves of a second rail to define an elongate threaded aperture, and each of said intermediate beams extending between two of the at least two main beams and being operably removably coupled thereto;
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- a plurality of depending columns operably removably coupled to the support structure in a supporting disposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.