Patent ID: 6264001
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
A scaffolding support, comprising:a rear upright member, said rear upright having a first predetermined length, an upper end, a lower end, an inner side, an outer side, and first and second side surfaces;a center upright member, said center upright having a second predetermined length less than the first predetermined length, an upper end, a lower end, an inner side, an outer side, first and second side surfaces and being spaced from and parallel to said rear upright;an upper connecting member, said upper member having a first end, a second end and being fixedly attached at its first end adjacent the upper end of the rear upright and being fixedly attached between its first end and its second end to the upper end of the center upright;a front upright member, said front upright having a third predetermined length less than the first predetermined length, a first end, a second end, an inner side, an outer side and being parallel to the center upright;a lower connecting platform, said lower platform having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end and being fixedly attached at its first end adjacent the lower end of the rear upright and being fixedly attached at its second end to the second end of the front upright;means for attaching the lower end of the center upright to the lower connecting platform between its first end and its second end;first and second connection means, said first connection means being fixedly attached at the upper end of the rear upright, said second connection means being fixedly attached adjacent the second end of the upper connecting member;an upper reinforcing strut, said upper strut extending from a first point adjacent the second end of the upper connecting member to a second point between the upper end of the center upright and the lower end of the center upright;a lower reinforcing strut, said lower strut having a first end and a second end and extending from a third point adjacent the second end of the front upright to a fourth point between the lower end of the center upright and the upper end of the center upright, said fourth point being spaced from said second point;a horizontal reinforcing strut, said horizontal strut extending from a fifth point disposed between the first end of the front upright and the second end of the front upright to a sixth point disposed between the first end and the second end of the lower reinforcing strut;first and second restraining means, said first restraining means being pivotally mounted adjacent the lower end of the rear upright, said second restraining means being pivotally mounted adjacent the second end of the front upright; andwhereby, when at least two of said scaffolding supports are suspended from their connection means parallel to each other and spaced from one another by the length of a catwalk platform, the catwalk platform is disposed upon the lower connecting platform between the rear upright and the front upright and secured thereto by the restraining means, thereby forming a stable platform, a track system is secured to the catwalk platform between the center upright and the front upright, thereby permitting recording equipment to be moved on the track system past the center upright without interference.