Patent ID: 11859397
Assignee: DIRECT SCAFFOLD SUPPLY, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. An adjustable toe board comprising:
an adjustable toe board;
two connecting members coupled to the adjustable toe board;
a pair of wedge pins, each wedge pin coupled to a respective one of the connecting members, each wedge pin generally having four sides: a first side and an opposing second side, and a longitudinally extending interior side that extends between the first side of the wedge pin and the second side of the wedge pin and an opposing longitudinally extending exterior side that extends between the first side of the wedge pin and the second side of the wedge pin;
the longitudinally extending interior side having an interior side protrusion extending along at least a portion of the surface of the longitudinally extending interior side, the interior side protrusion having a bump intermediate the first side of the wedge pin and the second side of the wedge pin with the interior side protrusion gradually tapering inward from the bump towards the second side of the wedge pin;
the longitudinally extending exterior side having a corresponding exterior side protrusion that extends along at least a portion of the longitudinally extending exterior side, wherein the exterior side protrusion is a larger protrusion in relation to the interior side protrusion;
the adjustable toe board having an inner toe board and an outer toe board, wherein the inner toe board is movable in relation to the outer toe board between a substantially retracted position and a substantially extended position, including various positions therebetween;
the inner toe board having an inner toe board first side and an inner toe board second side;
the outer toe board having an outer toe board first side and an outer toe board second side;
a first of the connecting members being coupled proximate the inner toe board first side, and a second of the connecting members being coupled proximate the outer to second side, wherein the outer toe board second side is distal the inner toe board first side;
two connecting member anchors, each comprising a shaft extending between two attachment positions;
each connecting member on the adjustable toe board being coupled to one of the connecting member anchors along at least a portion of the shaft such that the connecting member is moveable in relation to the shaft; and
each connecting member anchor is attached to the adjustable toe board at its attachment positions such that at least a portion of the shaft is not directly touching the adjustable toe board.