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Granted Patent B2
US 11,142,925 · App. 16/879,127 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Engineered floor and scaffold system

Inventor: Einstein Francis (Archbold, OH)
Assignee: Bil-Jax, Inc.
E04H15/56E04B1/34352E04B5/10E04G1/06E04G1/08E04G1/15E04H3/28F16B9/02
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Patent No.
US 11,142,925
App. No.
16/879,127
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scaffold apparatus may have a saddle with a platform and two spaced apart parallel sides extending above the platform. The apparatus may also have a beam having a beam flange attached to an end portion of the beam. The apparatus may also have an upright connector with a bottom portion, where bottom portion may have an insert, and a plate attached to the bottom portion.

Claims (24)

1. A scaffold apparatus, comprising:

a beam, comprising:

at least one plate flange having one end connected to said beam and a second end cantilevered from said beam, said second end adapted to be located in a second beam,

at least one lip extending transversely from a side of said beam substantially along the length of said beam;

a saddle adapted to support said beam; and

an upright connector adapted to connect with said beam.

2. The scaffold apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said beam comprises:

an upper surface, a lower surface, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end portions, said surfaces defining a substantially rectangular cross section and a hollow interior portion;

a first plate flange and a second plate flange each having a connection portion secured within said hollow interior portion at said first and second end portions, respectively, wherein said first plate flange and said second plate flange each have cantilevered ends extending from said first and second end portions, respectively;

a first lip and a second lip, wherein said first and second lips extend transversely from said first and second side surfaces, respectively, below a longintudinal centerline of said beam, wherein said lips are coplanar with one another.

3. The scaffold apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said beam is adapted to be selectively joined to the saddle by a pin snap lock, wherein said pin snap lock extends through a first side of said saddle, through said first side surface of said beam, through said interior portion of said beam, through said second side surface of said beam, and through a second side of said saddle.

4. The scaffold apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said first plate flange on beam is adapted to be located within an interior portion of another beam.

5. The scaffold apparatus of claim 2 , wherein at least one of said end portions is adapted to be selectively located in the saddle and selectively secured thereto.

6. The scaffold apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said first plate flange or said second plate flange are adapted to be selectively located in an interior of the upright connector and selectively secured thereto.

7. A scaffold apparatus, comprising:

a beam, comprising:

an upper surface, a lower surface, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end portions, and a hollow interior portion;

a first plate flange and a second plate flange each having a connection portion secured within said hollow interior portion at said first and second end portions, respectively;

a first lip and a second lip, wherein said first and second lips extend transversely from said first and second side surfaces, respectively, of said beam, wherein said lips are coplanar with one another;

a saddle adapted to support said beam; and

an upright connector adapted to connect with said beam.

8. The scaffold apparatus of claim 7 , wherein said first plate flange on a first beam is adapted to be located within an interior portion of a second beam.

9. The scaffold apparatus of claim 7 , wherein at least one of said end portions is adapted to be selectively located in the saddle and selectively secured thereto.

10. The scaffold apparatus of claim 7 , wherein at least one of said first plate flange or said second plate flange are adapted to be selectively located in an interior of the upright connector and selectively secured thereto.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2020
From: FRANCIS, EINSTEIN B.
To: BIL-JAX, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16713803 · Dec 13, 2019
Continuation 15237730 · Aug 16, 2016
Provisional Application 62207121 · Aug 19, 2015
Related Publication 20200362587A1 · Nov 19, 2020
Cited By (1)
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