Patent ID: 7971686

Claim:
A scaffold connector, comprising: a connector body having a connector housing and a leg portion, said connector body having (a) an upper and lower hook sections disposed on said connector body in a vertically spaced relationship, each upper and lower hook section adapted to engage a ring member on a vertical scaffold member, and (b) an upper latch member and a lower latch member pivotally mounted to said leg portion, said upper and lower latch members each having a latch surface, one of said latch members having a handle section, said handle section movable from a first position to a second position, said lower and said upper latch members being coupled to each other and each pivoting in response to movement of said handle section from a first latched position where said upper and lower latch surface are near said upper and lower hook sections respectively, to a second unlatched position where said upper and lower latch surfaces are distant from said upper and lower hook sections respectively.