Patent ID: 6174110
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: E04G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A shoring leg provided with a latch for use in maintaining an end plate on the shoring leg and a jack collar in a predetermined position relative to each other, the latch comprising a latch member mounted on the leg to execute a movement from a latching position to a release position, the latch member defining a recess adapted, when in the latching position, to receive part of the leg end plate and to receive a corresponding part of the lack collar, the corresponding part of the lack collar being adjacent to the leg end plate, to retain the end plate and the collar in said predetermined position, there being means to retain the latch member in the latching position, in which shoring leg the latch member is attached to the leg by mounting means which mounts the latch member for movement relative to the mounting means between the latching position and the release position, the latch member being pivotably mounted on the mounting means, the mounting means comprising a mounting bracket fixedly attached to the leg and having a fulcrum plate, the latch member being pivotably mounted on the fulcrum plate of the mounting bracket.