Improvements in Shingling Brackets.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shingling Brackets.
I, ISAAC HOSIER, Farmer, Philmont, in the County of Columbia, and State of
New York, one of the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to shingling brackets the object in view being to provide
a simple and efficient device for sustaining in place scaffolding or staging for the
purpose of assisting workmen in shingling roofs and effectually guarding against
accident to such workmen. The detailed objects and advantages of the invention
will be pointed out in the course of the subjoined description.
The invention consists in a shingling bracket embodying certain novel features
and details of construction hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings
and incorporated in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved shingling bracket.
Figure 2 is a sectional view showing a portion of a shingled roof, the improved
bracket being shown applied thereto.
Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views.
The improved shingling bracket contemplated in this invention is constructed
preferably of a piece of spring steel bent as to its main body portion in U-shape
as indicated at Fig. 1 to comprise a lower arm 2, an upper arm 3, and a connecting
portion 4. The lower arm 2 is pointed or tapered at its extremity so as to facilitate
the insertion thereof beneath a shingle, and the said lower arm is provided with a
right angularly disposed shank or bolt 5 which is rigid with said lower arm
and which projects through an opening 6 in the upper arm 3 of the bracket.
Above said upper arm the shank 5 is provided with a removable thumb nut 7
which has a screw threaded engagement with said shank and by means of which
the upper and lower arms of the bracket may be brought nearer together or
allowed to move apart.
The upper arm 3 of the bracket is bent upward, as indicated at 8 and is then
brought backward and returned upon itself to form a depending brace or arm 9
which extends substantially at right angles to both the upper and lower arms of
the bracket to form an abutment against which the board or boards of the
scaffolding or staging lie. The arm 9 is provided at its lower extremity with
prongs or teeth 10 adapted to penetrate a shingle from the upper side so as
to pievent the possibility of the bracket slipping from its engagement with the
shingle, thus obtaining a positive and firm hold upon the shingle.
Along its upper or front side the arm 9 is provided with a series of projecting
teeth or spurs 11 which are adapted to enter the board or boards of the scaffolding
or staging so as to prevent any liability of the latter from slipping.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that two or more of these brackets
may be quickly and readily applied to the shingles of the roof and securely held
by turning the thumb nuts 7 so as to cause the spurs 11 to enter the upper side of

page_text: the shingle and obtain a positive hold thereon. After the brackets are secured in
place the boards of the staging or scaffolding may be placed against the arms 9
which extend at right angles to the roof. The bracket above described will be
found very effective in practice and is simple and inexpensive in manufacture.
The brackets may be made in various sizes to suit the required conditions and
various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the
advantages of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A shingling bracket made from a metal strip bent in U-shape and sharpened
at one end to enter beneath a shingle, the opposite end being bent to form an arm
which extends at substantially right angles to the lower arm of the main body
portion and provided at its extremity with teeth or spurs to engage the shingle,
one arm of the bracket having a shank or bolt which extends through an opening
in the opposite arm where it is provided with a thumb screw, substantially as and
for the purpose described.
2. The herein described shingling bracket, comprising a U-shaped body portion
embodying substantially parallel arms, the end of one arm being formed for
insertion beneath the shingle, and the end of the remaining arm being bent away
from the first named arm and then recurved or bent upon itself and extended
toward the first named arm and at substantially a right angle thereto, the said
right angular arm being provided at its extremity with teeth or spurs and along
its length with laterally projecting spurs or prongs, and a shank or bolt connected
rigidly to one of the main arms and extending through an opening in the
opposite arm where it is provided with an adjusting nut, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
Dated this and 1... f
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GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.