Patent ID: 7878338
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. A container for scaffold frames, the scaffold frames having upper ends and lower ends, the invention comprising a substantially horizontally disposed rectilinear base having four corners, an upright frame upstanding substantially midway along the base, the upright frame including upper corners having rest plates mounted thereto, an upstanding post mounted to the base at each corner thereof, at least one side rail interconnecting each upstanding post to the upright frame, the at least one side rail oriented generally parallel to the base, the base comprising a floor bordered on opposing sides thereof by elongate recessed channels, a pair of spaced apart stop elements disposed in each channel, each stop element spaced apart from an opposing side of the upright frame, a first pair of fork tubes extending substantially between opposing longitudinal ends of the base, a second pair of fork tubes fixed to the base and orthogonal to the first pair of fork tubes, the second pair of fork tubes extending substantially the width of the base, whereby scaffold frames may be placed in the container with each lower end thereof received within one of the channels and with the upper ends of the scaffold frames resting against the upright frame.