Patent ID: 6871892
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for assisting a user to lock and unlock scaffold casters while the user is on a scaffold, consisting essentially of: an elongated pole having a lower portion and an upper portion; said upper portion including an adjustable sleeve mounted over said lower portion; an adjuster coupled to said lower portion for selectively adjusting the position of the sleeve relative to said lower portion; said adjuster for selectively adjusting the position of the sleeve relative to the elongated pole comprises a plurality of holes formed on the adjustable sleeve and a spring-loaded push button fit within one of the holes to hold the sleeve relative to the lower portion; a head member coupled to the lower portion of said elongated pole, and designed and configured to selectively lock and unlock a caster lever of a scaffold caster; said head member includes a U-shaped frame fixedly attached at the lower portion of the elongated pole, said U-shaped frame having legs extending along a single plane and supporting a plate with a bevelled head at a far end of the legs, said plate extending upwards at an acute angle relative said legs and a bar that connects the legs at an intermediate point thereof, said beveled head includes a first edge and a second edge, said first edge of said beveled head being designed and configured to manipulate a downwardly directed caster lever upward, and said second edge of said beveled head being designed and configured to manipulate an upwardly directed caster lever downward; said bar being designed and configured to engage a caster lever extending outwardly from the caster, parallel with the ground surface; and a contact member disposed at an end of the upper portion of the elongated pole, said contact member being used to adjust the scaffold casters into desired position; wherein the length of the elongated pole is variably adjustable when the sleeve of the upper portion is selectively positioned relative to the lower portion, via said adjuster, at a plurality of positions, and wherein said head member is designed and configured to engage a variety of levers to be manipulated for locking and unlocking each of the scaffold casters of the scaffold.