Patent ID: 6026932
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
A scaffolding brace which may be secured flush to a surface of a support comprising:a pair of rigid attachment arms each having an elongated, surface-engaging section having upper and lower ends, and a bearing section extending from the lower end of its surface-engaging section, the surface-engaging sections having substantially coplanar surface-engaging faces and extending in parallel lines, the surface-engaging sections being in opposed relationship to each other and being spaced from each other so that an open space is provided between them, and the bearing sections extending toward, and being attached to, each other at an intermediate location between said parallel lines;a locking arm pivotally connected to the bearing sections at said intermediate location;a platform pivotally connected to the surface engaging sections of the two attachment arms, the platform being movable from a collapsed position in which it is substantially coplanar with the attachment arms to an extended position in which it projects outward in transverse relation to the attachment arms; andmeans for releasably engaging the locking arm with the platform to support the platform in said extended position.