Patent ID: 7048093

Claim:
A device for coupling scaffolding elements to uprights in a scaffold, the device having both a gripping part and a hook-shaped part, the gripping part adapted for being connected to the upright and having a first gripping surface which faces the upright and extends at a distance from the upright, the hook-shaped part having at least one second gripping surface which faces away from the upright, the hook-shaped part arranged to be hooked into the gripping part and to be supported by the gripping part by interaction means between the first and the second gripping surfaces, the device having a locking element which is switchable between a locking position and a release position, the device comprising a first tightening part arranged in the hook-shaped part so as to be pivotable about a pivoting axis, a second tightening part, which is shaped as a locking wedge being pivotable about the pivoting axis, the first tightening part and the second tightening part being part of the locking element.