US4957185A — Roof scaffold

Claim 1

Independent Claim 216 words

A scaffold support comprising a roof cleat and a bracket supported therefrom; said roof cleat comprising a flat apertured metal fastening plate connected by a hinge to a hooked end plate; said bracket comprising a vertical member having an upper end and a lower end when arranged in its operative position, said upper end joined to a downwardly projecting angle member which terminates in a pin mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of said angle member, said lower end of said vertical member being joined to a horizontal member in the same plane as said angle member but at 180° thereto, an extension leg slidably mounted with respect to said horizontal member parallel thereto and projecting in the same direction as said angle member, means to adjustably longitudinally locate said leg with respect to said horizontal member; means to fasten said roof cleat to the edge of the roof of a building having a wall and roof supported thereon with said hinge on the edge of said roof and the hooked end plate hanging down vertically, whereby when said pin is hooked in the hooked end plate and said leg is adjusted to its proper length and bearing against the wall of said building, the vertical member of said bracket is maintained in its vertical position.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 216 words

A scaffold support comprising a roof cleat and a bracket supported therefrom; said roof cleat comprising a flat apertured metal fastening plate connected by a hinge to a hooked end plate; said bracket comprising a vertical member having an upper end and a lower end when arranged in its operative position, said upper end joined to a downwardly projecting angle member which terminates in a pin mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of said angle member, said lower end of said vertical member being joined to a horizontal member in the same plane as said angle member but at 180° thereto, an extension leg slidably mounted with respect to said horizontal member parallel thereto and projecting in the same direction as said angle member, means to adjustably longitudinally locate said leg with respect to said horizontal member; means to fasten said roof cleat to the edge of the roof of a building having a wall and roof supported thereon with said hinge on the edge of said roof and the hooked end plate hanging down vertically, whereby when said pin is hooked in the hooked end plate and said leg is adjusted to its proper length and bearing against the wall of said building, the vertical member of said bracket is maintained in its vertical position.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 39 words

A scaffold support as claimed in claim 1 wherein said horizontal member includes a cylindrical orifice at its end remote from the end connected to the vertical member and a removable rod safety rail support mounted in said orifice.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 26 words

A scaffold support as claimed in claim 1 including a cleat on the outer surface of said angle member shaped to receive and retain a plank.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 27 words

A scaffold support as claimed in claim 3 including a stop on the outer surface of said angle member positioned to retain said plank in said cleat.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 16 words

A scaffold support as claimed in claim 1 wherein said vertical member is of adjustable length.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 53 words

A scaffold support as claimed in claim 1 wherein said horizontal member has a protuberance on its upper surface spaced from the point of connection of said vertical member to said horizontal member a distance sufficient to permit a plank to be laid on said horizontal member between said point and said protuberance.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 48 words

A scaffold supported from the roof of a building having a wall and a roof supported thereon, said scaffold comprising a plurality of adjacent scaffold supports as claimed in claim 1 and a plurality of planks laid on and between the horizontal members of the said adjacent supports.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 44 words

A scaffold as claimed in claim 7 wherein said scaffold supports include orifices in the ends of the said horizontal members, removable rod safety rail supports mounted in said orifices and a safety rail supported by said safety rail supports of adjacent scaffold supports.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 22 words

A scaffold as claimed in claim 7 wherein planks are laid on and between the said angle members of adjacent scaffold supports.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 197 words

A scaffold for support from the roof of a building having a wall and a roof supported thereon, a plurality of roof cleats removably secured to the edge of said roof, said cleats comprising a perforated fastening plate for securing said cleats to said roof, hooked end plates connected by a hinge to said fastening plates with the hinges located at the edge of said roof and the hooked end plates hanging down over the edge of the roof, brackets comprising vertical members having an upper ends and lower ends when mounted on the said hooked end plates, projecting angle members fastened to the upper ends of said vertical members having transverse pins at their lower end, said transverse pins being mounted in the hooked end plates, said brackets also comprising horizontal members mounted on the lower ends of said vertical members and extension legs slidably mounted parallel and adjustable relative to the said horizontal members, said extension legs being adjusted in length and position whereby when said legs bear against said wall, said vertical member is maintained in its vertical position and a plurality of planks laid on and between the horizontal members of said brackets.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 197 words

A scaffold for support from the roof of a building having a wall and a roof supported thereon, a plurality of roof cleats removably secured to the edge of said roof, said cleats comprising a perforated fastening plate for securing said cleats to said roof, hooked end plates connected by a hinge to said fastening plates with the hinges located at the edge of said roof and the hooked end plates hanging down over the edge of the roof, brackets comprising vertical members having an upper ends and lower ends when mounted on the said hooked end plates, projecting angle members fastened to the upper ends of said vertical members having transverse pins at their lower end, said transverse pins being mounted in the hooked end plates, said brackets also comprising horizontal members mounted on the lower ends of said vertical members and extension legs slidably mounted parallel and adjustable relative to the said horizontal members, said extension legs being adjusted in length and position whereby when said legs bear against said wall, said vertical member is maintained in its vertical position and a plurality of planks laid on and between the horizontal members of said brackets.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1993-09-17	1994-03-19	1994-09-18	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1997-09-17	1998-03-19	1998-09-18	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2001-09-17	2002-03-19	2002-09-18	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

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