Patent ID: 8366068

Claim:
Bracing structure for bracing a support structure having props for ceiling formworks, wherein the bracing structure comprises: two vertical sections located at a distance from one another which are joined to one another by at least one horizontal section, on each vertical section is provided at least one seating element, which in each case has at least one seating recess for placement of a prop, whereby an opening direction of the at least one seating recess on the one vertical section and an opening direction of the at least one seating recess on the other vertical section point away from each other and the opening directions lie parallel to a plane defined by the vertical sections, wherein at least one fastener is provided on each vertical section for attaching the bracing structure to the prop, wherein at least one of the fasteners comprises at least one of the seating elements, wherein the fastener has a clamping element which cooperates with the seating element for clamping a prop, whereby the clamping element is disposed so as to be linearly displaceable in opposition to the opening direction of the relevant seating recess, wherein the clamping element has a slot, recess portions each extending from the slot, and at least two different predetermined seating surfaces each provided on a respective one of the recess portions, and the seating element has a contact surface, and wherein the fastener includes a locking element that is selectively operable to be engaged against either a first or second one of the seating surfaces and against the contact surface for clamping props of different dimensions between the seating and clamping elements depending on which one of the first and second seating surfaces is selected for engagement with the locking element wherein the locking element has a front side and a rear side, the rear side having an elongated projection that selectively engages one of the two seating surfaces while the front side engages the contact surface.