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US3217449A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Scaffold rack

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-12-06
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Granted: 1965-11-16
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Expires: 1983-12-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Chester C Levere

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 04:03
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04G; E04G1/00; E04G1/02; E04G1/04; E04G1/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 332 words
A SCAFFOLD RACK ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE BODY OF A PICKUP TRUCK COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF SCAFFOLD RACK UNITS, EACH COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW UPRIGHT MEMBERS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION EACH HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION AND A LOWER END PORTION, A PAIR OF STUD MEMBERS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION FIXED TO EACH OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS ADJACENT SAID UPPER END PORTION OF THE SAME, SAID STUD MEMBERS ON EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER BEING DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW CROSS BARS AND A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW SIDE BARS EACH OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION AND HAVING END PORTIONS FITTED TELESCOPICALLY OVER SAID STUD MEMBERS, TWO OF SAID CROSS BARS AND TWO OF SAID SIDE BARS COOPERATING WITH FOUR OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS TO DEFINE ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, A PLURALITY OF CONNECTING MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION AND TELESCOPINGLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE HOLLOW UPPER END PORTION OF AN UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT AND THE HOLLOW LOWER END PORTIONS OF AN UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF A NEXT HIGHER SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, SAID HOLLOW UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS OF EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER HAVING TRANSVERSE APERTURES THERETHROUGH, PORTIONS OF EACH CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING ADDITIONAL TRANSVERSE APERTURES THERETHROUGH ALIGNED WITH SAID APERTURES IN SAID HOLLOW UPPER END PORTION OF THE UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF SAID ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT AND OTHER PORTIONS OF EACH CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING ADDITIONAL TRANSVERSE APERTURES ALIGNED WITH SAID APERTURES IN SAID TUBULAR LOWER END PORTION OF THE UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF SAID NEXT HIGHER SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, AND PIN MEMBERS EACH INCLUDING AN ENLARGED HEADED PORTION AT ONE END AND A PIVOTALLY SECURED LOCKING ELEMENT AT THE OPPOSITE END RECEIVED THROUGH SAID ALIGNED APERTURES, COMPRISING ATTACHING MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS TO SAID HOLLOW UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS OF ITS ASSOCIATED UPRIGHT MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 332 words
A SCAFFOLD RACK ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE BODY OF A PICKUP TRUCK COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF SCAFFOLD RACK UNITS, EACH COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW UPRIGHT MEMBERS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION EACH HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION AND A LOWER END PORTION, A PAIR OF STUD MEMBERS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION FIXED TO EACH OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS ADJACENT SAID UPPER END PORTION OF THE SAME, SAID STUD MEMBERS ON EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER BEING DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW CROSS BARS AND A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW SIDE BARS EACH OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION AND HAVING END PORTIONS FITTED TELESCOPICALLY OVER SAID STUD MEMBERS, TWO OF SAID CROSS BARS AND TWO OF SAID SIDE BARS COOPERATING WITH FOUR OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS TO DEFINE ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, A PLURALITY OF CONNECTING MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS BEING OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION AND TELESCOPINGLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE HOLLOW UPPER END PORTION OF AN UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT AND THE HOLLOW LOWER END PORTIONS OF AN UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF A NEXT HIGHER SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, SAID HOLLOW UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS OF EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER HAVING TRANSVERSE APERTURES THERETHROUGH, PORTIONS OF EACH CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING ADDITIONAL TRANSVERSE APERTURES THERETHROUGH ALIGNED WITH SAID APERTURES IN SAID HOLLOW UPPER END PORTION OF THE UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF SAID ONE SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT AND OTHER PORTIONS OF EACH CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING ADDITIONAL TRANSVERSE APERTURES ALIGNED WITH SAID APERTURES IN SAID TUBULAR LOWER END PORTION OF THE UPRIGHT MEMBER DEFINING PART OF SAID NEXT HIGHER SCAFFOLD RACK UNIT, AND PIN MEMBERS EACH INCLUDING AN ENLARGED HEADED PORTION AT ONE END AND A PIVOTALLY SECURED LOCKING ELEMENT AT THE OPPOSITE END RECEIVED THROUGH SAID ALIGNED APERTURES, COMPRISING ATTACHING MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBERS TO SAID HOLLOW UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS OF ITS ASSOCIATED UPRIGHT MEMBER.

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