Patent ID: 7690867

Claim:
A center beam connection assembly for a shoring system including first and second main shoring beams, the assembly comprising: a center shoring beam including a first end and a second end; a first end-cap including an arm adapted to hook over a web of the first main shoring beam to selectively connect the first end-cap to the first main shoring beam, and a hollow main body portion formed along a first longitudinal axis and having an opening situated at one longitudinal end of said main body portion, wherein said main body portion is adapted to slidably receive, through said opening, the first end of the center shoring beam; and a second end-cap including an arm adapted to hook over a web of the second main shoring beam to selectively connect the second end-cap to the second main shoring beam, and a hollow main body portion formed along a first longitudinal axis and having an opening situated at one longitudinal end of said main body portion, wherein said main body portion is adapted to slidably receive, through said opening, the second end of the center shoring beam.