Device that can be walked on or driven on

• US 5,924,152 A
• Filed: 11/11/1997
• Issued: 07/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Maier Leichthau GmbH
• Original Assignee: Peter Maier Leichthau GmbH
• Inventors: Maier, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Addie, Raymond W
• Application Number:
  US08/967,399
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 14/2.4, 14/3, 14/6, 14/73, 14/73.1, 404/47, 404/50, 404/51, 404/52, 404/53, 404/54
• US Class Current: 14/2.4
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 15/133 built-up from readily separable standardised sections or elements, e.g. Bailey bridges E01D15/127 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 19/103 Parapets, railings E01D19/005 takes precedence; balustrades in general E04F11/18; Guard barriers or road-bridges in general E01F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 19/106 Movable inspection or maintenance platforms, e.g. travelling scaffolding or vehicles specially designed to provide access to the undersides of bridges lifting devices for movable platforms on vehicles in general B66F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: E01D 2101/34 non-ferrous, e.g. aluminium

Abstract

In a device that can be walked on or driven on, for example for bridging under bridges requiring renovation or for bridging over streets, a web that can be walked on is connected to handrails via transverse struts. In this case, the web that can be walked on and/or the transverse struts and/or the handrails comprise extruded aluminum profiles.

Claims

1. A bridge desk system comprising:

a web extending along a longitudinal axis, said web comprising a plurality of boards, each board having at least three aluminum profiles extending transverse to said longitudinal axis including two end profiles and at least one intermediate aluminum profile, each end profile being provided with hinge means for hingedly connecting said plurality of boards together along said longitudinal axis to form said web having two side edges extending substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis;

a pair of aluminum rails disposed above said web, said rails being spaced from and substantially parallel to one another and to said longitudinal axis; and

a plurality of aluminum struts arranged between and directly connected to said web and said rails for supporting said rails above said web.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one intermediate profile strip and hinge end profiles are connected to one another by welded seams.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge and profiles of adjacent boards included projections and recesses which interlock such that the projection on one board is received in the recess of an adjacent board for forming said hinge means.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the projections are provided with transverse passages receiving a transverse rod for connecting said adjacent hinge end profiles.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge end profiles are triangular in shape and comprises a supporting strip, a sleeve section below said supporting strip and an abutment portion below said sleeve section.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sleeve section projects beyond the supporting strip and the abutment.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein a supporting lug is integrally molded on each of the struts.

8. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a transverse rod is pushed through adjacent sleeve sections, on which clamps for fixing the struts are pushed.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transverse rod is secured on both sides by bolts.

10. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein an annular channel is molded in the transverse rod and a clamping bracket is inserted into said channel.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the clamping bracket is of U-shaped design and has latching knobs.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the clamping bracket has drilled holes to accommodate a fastening means.

13. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rails are of U-shaped design and rests firmly on the struts.

14. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rails comprise an outer tube from which two angle strips project.

15. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein a groove is integrally molded on at an end of each of the angle strips.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein an edge trim of a facing can be inserted into the groove.

17. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein an inner tube is received in the outer tube.

18. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the facing has pockets to accommodate stiffening profiles.

19. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein struts have connected to them further struts having handrails for holding a roofing sheet.

20. The device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the further struts are connected to one another via transverse bars.

21. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the struts project downward from the web.