Patent ID: 7000733

Claim:
A work platform for use in performing work operations on a roof structure of a building, the work operations being selected from construction, repair, maintenance, servicing and dismantling or disassembly work, the work platform including an upper work surface on which a worker can move about on the platform, and a safety barrier around at least part of the periphery of the upper work surface, the work platform further including support means for supporting the work platform in an operative position a short distance above the roof structure so that the worker can perform work operations on the roof structure below the platform, the upper work surface including at least one access section which enables access to an area of the roof structure below the work surface where the access section is located, the upper work surface further including at least one support section adjacent the access section so that the worker can remain on the support section of the work surface and can gain access to and can perform work operations in or on the area of the roof structure below the adjacent access section, the work platform further including a transfer space through or adjacent the work surface and arranged to enable materials and articles used in performing the work operations to be transferred from the work platform through the transfer space into position beneath the work platform for use in or on the roof structure and to enable such materials and articles removed by the worker from the roof structure beneath the work platform to be transferred through the transfer space and onto the work platform for storage or removal, the materials and articles used in performing the work operations include roofing materials, the transfer space comprising an elongated slot through which the roofing materials including elongated members such as roof purlins and sheet materials such as roofing sheets or decking sheets can be passed, wherein the upper work surface of the work platform has two work sections consisting of a roof construction work section having the one or more access sections and a material storage section, wherein the roof construction work section of the work surface is at an elevated upper level above a lower level of the material storage section of the work surface, the material storage section providing an area for roofing materials to be carried and stored thereon while the work platform is moved into its operative position preparatory to roof construction work and while the work platform is being removed from its operative position after the roof construction work has been performed.