Patent ID: 6745871
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: E04G

Abstract:
A scaffold plank comprising:(a) an elongated planar panel having first and second opposing major surfaces; (b) first, second, third and fourth elongated reinforcement ribs having opposing first and second lateral rib edges, each of said ribs being mounted at its respective first lateral rib edge to the second major surface of said planar panel; (c) at least one transverse channel formed in the second lateral rib edge of one of said reinforcement ribs near a longitudinal rib end; (d) first and third notches formed in a first end of said panel, said first and third notches extending longitudinally into the panel and into the respective first and third reinforcement ribs; and (e) second and fourth notches formed in a second, opposite end of said panel, said second and fourth notches extending longitudinally into the panel and into the respective second and fourth reinforcement ribs toward the first and third notches.