Patent ID: 6227330
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: E01D,E04G

Abstract:
A support assembly for movably suspending a work platform from a structural member, said support assembly comprising:first, second and third L-shaped clips adapted to be mounted on the structural member; andan elongated track mounted on said first, second and third L-shaped clips;wherein said elongated track comprises at least a first and a second elongated track section, and said first and second elongated track sections each have a first and second alignment feature, and the first L-shaped clip has at least one alignment feature which is engaged by the first alignment feature on the first elongated track section; the second L-shaped clip has a first alignment feature and second alignment feature, wherein the first alignment feature of the second L-shaped clip is engaged by the second alignment feature of the first elongated track section, and the second alignment feature of the second L-shaped clip is engaged by the first alignment feature of the second elongated track section; and the third L-shaped clip has at least one alignment feature which is engaged by the second alignment feature of the second elongated track section, whereby the first and second elongated track sections are positioned in longitudinal alignment, wherein the first, second and third L-shaped clip alignment features each comprise at least one receptacle and one retention structure disposed on said first, second and third L-shaped clips, and said first and second elongated track section alignment features each comprise at least one retention structure and at least one receptacle, wherein each of said retention structures on said first and second elongated track sections are selectively receivable in one of said receptacles on said first, second or third L-shaped clips, and each of said receptacles on said first and second elongated track sections selectively receive one of said retention structures on said first, second, or third L-shaped clips.