Patent ID: 8215246
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: E04H,F16B

Abstract:
1. A bracket assembly for detachably coupling a support member to a platform of a portable stage, the support member presenting a support member longitudinal axis, the bracket assembly comprising: a bracket sleeve presenting a bracket sleeve longitudinal axis, the bracket sleeve adapted to receive the support member, with the support member longitudinal axis and bracket sleeve longitudinal axis being generally aligned; a brace member shiftably carried by the sleeve and shiftable along a path of travel transverse to the bracket sleeve longitudinal axis between a support member engaging position and a support member clearing position, the brace member including a support member engaging surface and spaced-apart first and second drivers; and an actuator assembly for simultaneously shifting the first and second drivers to push the support member engaging surface of the brace member against the support member when the support member is received within the bracket sleeve and the bracket member is in the support member engaging position, wherein the bracket sleeve includes an integral structure circumferentially enclosing an area for receiving the support member and the brace member.