Patent ID: 6220392
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
A scaffold comprising vertical supports arranged behind one another and connected by transverse struts at specific vertical intervals, the vertical supports defining vertical axes and with the transverse struts forming carrier frames, floor panels arranged between transverse struts of neighboring carrier frames, diagonal supports arranged between at least some of the neighboring vertical supports having longitudinal axes and a hook at each end of the diagonal supports, the vertical supports including elongate openings engaged by the hooks of the diagonal supports arranged between the neighboring vertical supports and located at least substantially in a plane defined by the vertical axes, the openings in the neighboring vertical supports facing each other, one of the hooks of each of the diagonal supports being secured in one of the associated elongate openings by swinging the diagonal support from an inserting position towards a final diagonal position and the other one of the hooks being insertable in the other one of the openings when the diagonal support is at least substantially located in the final diagonal position by moving the other one of the hooks in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis of the corresponding vertical support into the other one of the openings to thereby place the diagonal support in a fully inserted position, and a locking device securing each diagonal support in the fully inserted position with the hooks inserted in the respective openings of the neighboring vertical supports against tensile forces and against compressive forces.