Sectional platform or support for use with scaffolding

Claim 1

A LOAD SUPPORTING PLATFORM FOR USE WITH SCAFFOLDING AND ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY CARRIED THEREON, SAID SCAFFOLDING HAVING HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PLATFORM SUPPORTING MEMBERS ARRANGED AT SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG, SAID PLATFORM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS FOR ARRANGEMENT IN END-TO-END RELATION, SAID SECTIONS HAVING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED SIDE RAILS, A CROSS TIE PLATE SECURED TO AND CONNECTING EACH OF SAID SIDE RAILS ADJACENT THEIR END PORTIONS, AND A LOAD SUPPORTING PANEL SECURED ON SAID SIDE RAILS AND BETWEEN THE TIE PLATES AT THE END OF EACH RESPECTIVE SECTION, ONE OF THE SIDE RAILS OF EACH SECTION LYING SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID PANEL WITH AT LEAST ONE END EXTENDED BEYOND AND UNDERLYING ONE OF THE TIE PLATES AND LATERALLY OVERLYING AN END OF AN ADJACENT SECTION WHEN SAID SECTIONS ARE ASSEMBLED IN END-TO-END RELATION, THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE RAILS OF EACH SECTION LYING INWARDLY OF THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID PANEL A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE LATERALLY THEREOF AN EXTENDED ADJACENT END OF A RAIL OF SAID ADJACENT SECTION, AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE SECTIONS IN END-TO-END RELATION, SAID MEANS COMPRISING ELONGATE FASTENER MEMBERS REMOVABLY ENGAGING THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT OVERLYING END PORTIONS OF SAID CROSS TIES AND SAID SIDE RAILS AND DISPOSED TO ENGAGE BOTH SIDES OF A HORIZONTAL PLATFORM SUPPORTING MEMBER WHEN ASSEMBLED ON SAID SCAFFOLD, THEREBY PREVENTING MOVEMENT AND DISALIGNMENT OF ADJACENT PLATFORM SECTIONS ASSEMBLED ON SAID SCAFFOLD.