Patent ID: 7051838
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. An angled brace scaffolding system comprising a plurality of scaffolding brackets, a plurality of adjustable outriggers and a plurality of stages, said plurality of adjustable outriggers rotatably affixed to and supporting individual ones of said scaffolding brackets thus comprising a plurality of scaffolding units, said scaffolding units raised into an elevated position, said plurality of stages spanning between said scaffolding brackets, wherein each of said scaffolding brackets is a single piece comprising a downwardly extending support leg rigidly affixed to one end of an horizontally disposed walkway support and an upwardly extending guard rail post rigidly affixed to the opposite end of said horizontally disposed walkway support, said support leg and said walkway support having a gusset formed therebetween for attaching one end of one of said plurality of adjustable outriggers thereupon, said plurality of scaffolding units structurally linked together wherein said gusset comprises a pair of curved plates extending from said downwardly extending support leg and said horizontally disposed walkway support, a center point of said gusset proximate the juncture between said downwardly extending support leg and said integral walkway support, said curved plates spaced apart a distance equal to the outside dimension of said downwardly extending support leg of said scaffolding bracket, said curved plates having a plurality of aligned holes disposed therethrough for affixing said adjustable outrigger in one of a plurality of defined angular positions relative to said scaffolding bracket.