Scaffolding

Claim 1

A SCAFFOLD MEMBER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCAFFOLDING, SAID MEMBER COMPRISING, A SINGLE UPRIGHT, A CONNECTING PIN PROJECTING AXIALLY FROM ONE END OF THE UPRIGHT, AN AXIALLY DISPOSED SOCKET STRUCTURE AT THE END OF THE UPRIGHT REMOTE FROM SAID CONNECTING PIN, SAID STRUCTURE BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE CONNECTING PIN OF A LIKE SCAFFOLD MEMBER THE UPRIGHT OF WHICH IS PLACED END TO END WITH THE UPRIGHT OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED MEMBER, AN ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE UPRIGHT, AT LEAST THE FREE END OF SAID ARM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LEVEL WITH A FIRST END OF SAID UPRIGHT, A COUPLING MEMBER ON THE FREE END OF THE ARM, SAID COUPLING MEMBER BEING CONSTITUTED BY A FIRST AND SECOND PORTION PROJECTING TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ARM, COUPLING MEANS LOCATED ON THE UPRIGHT AT SAID FIRST END THEREOF, FURTHER COUPLING MEANS LOCATED ON THE UPRIGHT AT A SECOND END THEREOF, EACH OF SAID COUPLING MEANS AT SAID FIRST END OF THE UPRIGHT BEING ADAPTED TO COUPLE WITH A PART OF A COUPLING MEMBER AT THE FREE END OF THE ARM OF A LIKE SCAFFOLD MEMBER AND EACH OF THE COUPLING MEANS AT SAID SECOND END OF THE UPRIGHT BEING ADAPTED TO COUPLE WITH ANOTHER PART OF A COUPLING MEMBER AT THE FREE END OF THE ARM OF A LIKE SCAFFOLD MEMBER, WHEREBY LIKE SCAFFOLD MEMBERS AS DEFINED ABOVE MAY BE ERECTED TO FORM A SCAFFOLD WITH THEIR UPRIGHTS VERTICALLY ABOVE ONE ANOTHER, AND CONNECTED BY SAID PINS AND SOCKETS AND COUPLED BY SAID COUPLING MEMBERS EACH OF WHICH COUPLES WITH COUPLING MEANS AT A FIRST END OF ONE UPRIGHT AND AT A SECOND END OF A VERTICALLY ADJACENT UPRIGHT.