Patent ID: 6688430
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: E04G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for interconnecting a scaffolding element and a standard, said device comprising:an engagement member having an open top adapted for connection to the standard, said engagement member comprising a first engagement surface spaced from the standard and adapted to face the standard and a first bearing surface facing upward at a perimeter of said engagement member; a hooked-shaped member adapted to attach to said engagement member, said hook-shaped member having at least one second engagement surface facing away from the standard and a second bearing surface facing downward while said hooked shaped member is in an operating position, said hook-shaped member adapted to be hooked into said engagement member and to be supported thereby through cooperation between said first and second engagement surfaces and said first and second bearing surfaces; said hooked shaped member comprising two side cheeks arranged in spaced relationship to each other with a distance piece therebetween, said side cheeks adapted to be fixedly attached to the scaffolding element, each of said side cheeks extending at a first end portion toward the standard and at a second end portion away from the standard, said distance piece comprising at least the major portion of said second engagement surface, at least the end portions of said side cheeks being provided with inward-facing connection surfaces converging toward the standard and each other for connection with said distance piece, and wherein the distance piece includes two connection surfaces converging toward the standard and facing the connection surfaces of the side cheeks.