Patent ID: 6292959
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
A load-bearing scaffold adapted to be supported on the floor of a room and to support articles thereon, comprising:first and second elongated floor cross supports having opposite ends;said opposite ends of said floor cross supports having upstanding members provided thereon;first and second vertical legs, having upper and lower ends, removably mounted on said upstanding members of said first floor cross support and extending upwardly therefrom;third and fourth vertical legs, having upper and lower ends, removably mounted on said upstanding members of said second floor cross support and extending upwardly therefrom;a first lower cross support removably mounted on the upper ends of said first and second vertical legs and extending therebetween;a second lower cross support removably mounted on the upper ends of said third and fourth vertical legs and extending therebetween;first, second, third and fourth end supports each having an upper end, a lower end, an inner end and an outer end;the lower outer ends of said first, second, third and fourth end supports being removably mounted on said upper ends of said first, second, third and fourth vertical legs, respectively;said first and third end supports extending toward one another;said second and fourth end supports extending towards one another;a first upper cross support removably mounted on the upper outer ends of said first and second end supports and extending therebetween;a second upper cross support removably mounted on the upper outer ends of said third and fourth end supports and extending therebetween;an elongated first ceiling beam, having first and second ends, selectively adjustably secured to the upper inner ends of said first and third end supports and extending therebetween;a second ceiling beam, having first and second ends, selectively adjustably secured to the upper inner ends of said second and fourth end supports and extending therebetween;said first ceiling beam having its said first end slidably received by said upper end of said first end support and having its said second end slidably received by said upper inner end of said third end support;said second ceiling beam having its said first end slidably received by said upper inner end of said second end support and having its said second end slidably received by said upper inner end of said fourth end support;a plate positioned between each end of said ceiling beams and the respective end support;and means connected to the respective end supports for moving each of said plates into frictional engagement with the associated ceiling beam for preventing relative movement between the ceiling beam and the end support.