Patent ID: 7941986

Claim:
A method of installing an additional work platform system module with respect to a first work platform system module which is part of a work platform system that is suspended from a structure, the method comprising: providing a first work platform system module as part of a work platform system that is suspended from a structure, the first work platform system module comprising a first work platform support system module having a pair of hubs, a joist connected to and in operable association with the pair of hubs, and a first work platform, the first work platform supported by the support system module; providing an additional hub and a plurality of additional joists; connecting the additional hub to the additional joists and the additional joists to the pair of hubs of the first work platform support system module to form an additional work platform support system module; articulating the additional hub and the additional joists from a first position in which at least one of the joists of the additional work platform support system module is least substantially parallel to the joist of the first work platform system module to a second position in which at least one of the joists of the additional work platform support system module is at least substantially perpendicular to the joist of the first work platform system module; and positioning an additional work platform on the additional work platform support system module, thereby installing the additional work platform system module which extends from and/or is connected to the first work platform system module which is part of the work platform system that is suspended from the structure.