Toeboard system for scaffolding

• US 20050189173A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brand Scaffold Services Limited
• Original Assignee: Aluma Enterprises, Inc. (Brand Industrial Services, Inc.)
• Inventors: Becker, Allan James
• Granted Patent: US 6,976,557 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 182/113
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 2007/285 specially adapted for toe boards
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 5/14 Railings
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 5/141 with an access door or the like therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 5/145 Toe boards therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 7/28 Clips or connections for securing boards brackets E04G5/06 ; scaffolds comprising special means for supporting or forming platforms, platforms E04G1/15; scaffold boards or planks E04G5/08

Abstract

A toeboard for a raised working platform advantageously cooperates with known construction systems to simplify securement and allow efficient setup. Each toeboard has connectors at either end of an elongate body member. Each connector has two fingers extending in a manner to intersect with a longitudinal axis of the elongate member. The connectors at opposite ends of the elongate body have an opposite orientation of said fingers where the fingers of one connector are 180 degrees out of alignment with the fingers of the other connector. This arrangement allows toeboards to connect easily in an end to end manner as well as in a perpendicular manner.

Claims

1. A toeboard for a raised working platform, said toeboard comprising

an elongate body member with connectors at opposite ends thereof,

each connector extending inline with and beyond said elongate body member with two adjacent fingers at the free end thereof and extending in a manner to intersect with a longitudinal axis of said elongate member,

said connectors at opposite ends of said elongate body having an opposite orientation with the fingers of one connector orientated in a first direction and the fingers of the opposite connector orientated 180 degrees to said first direction.

2. A toeboard as claimed in claim 1 wherein an outermost finger of said two fingers is offset relative to the other finger to locate it to one side of said other finger.

3. A toeboard as claimed in claim 1 wherein said elongate body is made of a metal and is generally “

L”

shaped in cross section defined by an upright portion and a foot portion.

4. A toeboard as claimed in claim 3 wherein each connector is a metal plate secured to said upright portion on the side thereof above said foot portion.

5. A toeboard as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fingers of each connector terminate within a height dimension of said upright portion.

6. A toeboard as claimed in claim 5 wherein the outermost finger is shorter than the other finger.

7. A toeboard as claimed in claim 6 wherein said elongate body has a series of securing holes spaced in the length of said elongate body for securing of said toeboard during lifting thereof.

8. In a scaffolding system having at least one raised working platform with a toeboard system about a perimeter of said working platform, said toeboard system comprising a series of connected toeboards;

each toeboard comprising

an elongate body member with connectors at opposite ends thereof,

each connector extending inline with and beyond said elongate body member with two adjacent fingers at the free end thereof and extending in a manner to intersect with a longitudinal axis of said elongate member,

said connectors at opposite ends of said elongate body having an opposite orientation with the fingers of one connector orientated in a first direction and the fingers of the opposite connector orientated in a direction 180 degrees to said first direction;

each toeboard being connected to adjacent toeboards due to engagement of connectors of adjacent toeboards.

9. In a scaffolding system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said toeboards connect one to another such that the cooperating connectors of the toeboard are interengaged and the interengaged connectors are positioned in a gap between a wedge member and an upright support member of said scaffolding system.

10. In a scaffolding system as claimed in claim 9 wherein some of said toeboards are connected in an end to end manner using outermost fingers of the connectors of the respective toeboards, and some of said toeboards are connected at an angle using inner fingers of the connectors of the respective toeboards.