Scaffold support

Claim 1

A SCAFFOLD SUPPORT OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO BE USED FOR SUPPORTING A SCAFFOLD PLANK ALONG THE SIDE OF A LOW BUILDING FOR USE BY PAINTERS AND LIKE WORKMEN COMPRISING AN ELONGATED ELEMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT BODY PORTION AND A CURVED PORTION AT THE TOP OF SAID BODY PORTION, THE FREE END OF SAID CURVED PORTION HAVING MEANS FOR GRIPPING THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING, SAID ELONGATED ELEMENT BEING OF RELATIVELY LIGHT WEIGHT SO THAT THE WORKMAN MAY GRIP THE BOTTOM PART OF SAID BODY PORTION AND PLACE SAID MEANS ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF IN POSITION FOR USE, SAID CURVED PORTION BEING ADAPTED TO EXTEND AROUND THE EAVE OF THE BUILDING ROOF FOR SUPPORTING SAID STRAIGHT BODY PORTION DEPENDING UNDER SAID EAVE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY UNDER SAID MEANS SO THAT SAID SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT BODY PORTION IS SUPPORTED BY SAID CURVED PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND ADJACENT TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, A SPACER ARM ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PART OF SAID STRAIGHT BODY PORTION AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREFROM TO ENGAGE THE AFORESAID SIDE OF THE BUILDING, A SCAFFOLD PLANK SUPPORTING ELEMENT ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PART OF SAID BODY PORTION, SAID PLANK SUPPORTING ELEMENT EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID BODY PORTION IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF SAID SPACER ARM TO SUPPORT THE SCAFFOLD PLANK ADJACENT TO THE AFORESAID SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WELL BENEATH THE EAVE OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THE SCAFFOLD PLANK MAY BE USED AS A SUPPORT FOR WORKMEN PAINTING, FINISHING OR REPAIRING THE AFORESAID SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AN INVERTED L-SHAPED MEMBER, MEANS FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING THE UPPER PART OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MEMBER TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT BODY PORTION, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY ATTACHING THE BOTTOM PART OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MEMBER TO SAID PLANK SUPPORTING ELEMENT, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS COMPRISING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PIN ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END PART OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MEMBER, SAID PLANK SUPPORTING ELEMENT HAVING AN UPSTANDING END PART OF THE OUTER END THEREOF PROVIDED WITH A HOLE FOR RECEIVING SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PIN WHEN SAID LOWER END PART OF SAID LAST MENTIONED MEMBER IS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SCAFFOLD PLANK AND SAID UPSTANDING END PART, AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING A GUARD RAIL TO SAID INVERTED L-SHAPED MEMBER.