Patent ID: 10995503

Abstract:
A scaffold toeboard system for locking a toeboard between two vertical scaffold members where each vertical scaffold member includes a tubular member having a diameter and an outer shape. The toeboard system includes a toeboard having an elongated member with a fixed terminating end and an adjustable terminating end. The toeboard further includes a front portion, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a rear portion. The toeboard system further includes a second sleeve fixed to the fixed end of the toeboard, and a first sleeve fixed to the adjustable end of the toeboard. Slidably positioned in the first sleeve is a slide lock sleeve. The toeboard system includes a locking mechanism positioned at the adjustable terminating end, to fix the position of the slide lock sleeve to the first sleeve. The slide lock sleeve includes two fingers or tabs extending outwardly from the front edge of the slide lock sleeve. The two fingers are separated by a horizontal distance of about the diameter of a scaffold vertical member.