Trench shoring assembly with corner guard accessory

Abstract

Abstract This invention relates to a trench shoring assembly which includes a pair of spaced-apart side walls for vertical disposition within a trench. Spreader pipes and spreader collars interconnect the side walls and allow limited pivotal movement between the side walls. Each side wall includes outer and inner metal plates connected to a horizontally extending hollow top beam which extends longitudinally along the top of the side wall, two intermediate beams parallel the hollow metal beam and a bottom beam. A hardwood insert is disposed within the top beam to prevent the collapse of the hollow metal beam. A number of hollow beams extend perpendicularly to the horizontal beams and ribbed members extend perpendicularly to the horizontal beams. The side walls of the assembly have a tapered bottom portion which defines a triangularly shaped pointed lower extremity extending between the ends of the bottom portion. A metallic bar is disposed at the pointed lower extremity and extends between the ends of the bottom portion and protects the bottom of the side wall against abrasion. A U-shaped member is welded to the main frame, and, in turn, a spreader collar is welded to the U-shaped member so that a force applied to the spreader collar is transferred directly to the main frame. Each spreader pipe spaces the side walls apart between two spreader collars to which the spreader pipe is attached by spreader pins. Lifting rings are slidably attached to the spreader pipes for lifting the assembly. A plurality of flanges extend from a spreader pipe and are connected by locking pins to mating flanges which extend from another spreader pipe of another vertically stacked trench shoring assembly.

Inventors

• 👤 James L. Griswold

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