Suspended scaffold surveillance system

• US 6,675,934 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2002
• Issued: 01/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul L. Mccormick
• Original Assignee: Paul L. Mccormick
• Inventors: McCormick, Paul L.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C
• Application Number:
  US10/260,988
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 182/129, 182/141, 182/150, 182/142, 396/427
• US Class Current: 182/129
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 3/28 Mobile scaffolds; Scaffolds with mobile platforms movable inspection or maintenance platforms for bridges E01D19/106, lifting devices for movable platforms, e.g. on vehicles B66F11/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A suspended scaffold may be hung from a skyscraper, a ship'"'"'s side or other structures where work on a surface is done by the workers on the scaffold. The surveillance system is a frame removably hung on the rails of the scaffold. A TV camera and transmitter is mounted to the frame. A remote TV/receiver allows a person on the ground to view the condition of the building. Optional pan, tilt, zoom features and a tilt alarm are disclosed.

Claims

1. In combination with a motorized scaffold having a floor, side rails, electric power source and a motorized lift assembly, an improvement comprising:

a vertical frame suspended from at least one rail member;

said vertical frame having a support connection to the floor;

a TV camera and transmitter which sends TV signals, each mounted to the vertical frame; and

a remote TV and receiver which receive and display the TV signals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a first mounting panel section located above a top rail of the scaffold, and a second mounting panel section located below the top rail, wherein an electronics housing is mounted outbound from the scaffold on the second mounting panel section, and the TV camera is mounted on the first mounting panel section.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the TV camera is a pan, tilt, zoom camera, and the remote TV receiver has a TV controller and signal transmitter.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vertical frame further comprises cross members with channel brackets to fit over the scaffold rails.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first mounting panel section further comprises a front and a rear panel which sandwich an insulation therebetween, to protect the TV camera from heat from the sun.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the support connection to the floor further comprises a channel across the vertical frame which rests on an upward facing ledge which surrounds the floor, said channel across the vertical frame has a tightening bolt to lock the channel to the upward facing ledge.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a tilt switch and alarm circuit to produce an audible alarm for a circuit to produce an audible alarm for a chosen tilt angle.