Patent ID: 9556624
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E04G

Claim:
1. A scaffold system for supporting workers adjacent a structure, comprising: an exterior framework comprising a plurality of end frames secured together in spaced series, each end frame including spaced uprights with at least one cross bar extending therebetween, wherein the end frames are configured to be mountable in a vertically stacked assembly to define a series of end frame columns arrangeable about the structure; an interior framework comprising a series of interior columns mounted to the end frame columns, each interior column including a pair of posts mounted at spaced locations between the uprights of the end frames of each end frame column, and a series of adjustable side rails extendable between the posts of adjacent interior columns and releasably secured thereto at prescribed heights to form the interior framework within the exterior framework; wherein each interior column further comprises a screw jack and a rod with a support plate mounted thereon received at a lower end thereof so as to enable vertical adjustment of each interior column; and a plurality of planks supported on the cross bars of the end frames of the exterior framework, each plank of the plurality of planks extending between adjacent end frame columns of the exterior framework and bounded between the interior columns of the interior framework to define a walkway of a sufficient size to support and enable movement and access of workers to the elevated structure; wherein the exterior and interior framework are configured to be arranged in non-planar configurations about the structure so as to substantially match a configuration of the structure.