Patent ID: 6953106
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
1. A collapsible scaffolding tower comprising: four uprights arranged in two pairs, wherein each of the uprights is formed of at least three telescopically collapsible tubular sections; and at least one rigid horizontal bar extending between each of the pairs of sections of the uprights to form two telescopically collapsible ladder structures that rest directly on the ground when a tower is in use, wherein a support platform is provided having opposite ends each removably resting on a rigid horizontal bar of a respective one of the two ladder structures, wherein the two ladder structures are permanently connected to one another by at least one of a folding and a collapsible structure that allows the two ladder structures to move towards and away from one another while remaining essentially parallel to one another relative to one another at small acute angle so as to form the tower that is narrower.