Patent ID: 8881869
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: E04G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A horizontal scaffold member comprising: a tubular member and a primary wedge head attached to one end of the member and a secondary wedge head attached to the opposite end of the member, said primary and secondary wedge heads having an engagement portion configured to couple to a cup on a vertical scaffold member where said cup has a cup underside, said primary and secondary wedge heads further comprising a respective primary wedge assembly and a secondary wedge assembly, each of said wedge assemblies comprising a wedge and a coupled handle partially positioned within each respective wedge head, each said wedge assembly moving in said respective wedge head from a latched to an unlatched position, wherein in said latched position, when said tubular member is coupled to a vertical scaffold member, said wedge is positioned adjacent to a cup underside on said vertical scaffold, and in a unlatched position, said wedge is positioned away from said cup underside on a vertical member; a cable connecting said primary wedge assembly to said secondary wedge assembly, said primary wedge assembly and said secondary wedge assembly both moving to said unlatched position when said primary wedge is moved from a latched to an unlatched position; and when said secondary wedge assembly is moved to said unlatched position, said primary wedge assembly remains in said latched position.