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Bridge painting platform

  • US 5,911,288 A
  • Filed: 11/04/1996
  • Issued: 06/15/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A workplace platform system for temporary installation beneath a bridge span, said platform system comprising:

  • a plurality of transversely spaced support cables secured to extend longitudinally beneath said span;

    a plurality of elongated transversely extending grating planks supported by said support cables, said planks being arranged end-to-end to reach a desired width and side-by-side to reach a desired length;

    means for releasably interlocking sidewise adjacent ones of said planks along matched sides thereof; and

    means for releasably fastening a selected subset of said plurality of planks to underlying ones of said plurality of support cables;

    a tarpaulin overlaying said plurality of planks, and a plurality of boards overlaying said tarpaulin, said plurality of boards being bolted to selected underlying ones of said plurality of planks.

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