Wall hanging scaffold

Abstract

The wall hanging scaffold includes a pair of vertical support poles, which hang from top plate attachment brackets along the wall of a building structure. Each pole has a rigid, monolithic, triangulated brace removably and vertically adjustably secured thereto, with a support platform extending across the braces. Additional safety structure, i.e., safety posts, may be installed in the outboard ends of the braces, with safety rails being installed across the safety posts. A pulley may also be placed in the upper end of a safety post for lifting material and equipment up to the scaffold from the underlying surface. A diagonal brace(s) may be secured to one or more of the upper top plate hanger brackets to relieve stress on the otherwise unbraced wall due to the scaffold resting thereon during construction. The scaffold may remain in place up to closure of the eaves and soffit of the structure.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to scaffolds and similar supports for use in building construction, maintenance, and repair. More particularly, the present invention relates to a scaffolding assembly that may be hung or suspended from the top plate of a wall for use during construction of a building. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Scaffolding and similar supports are universally used in the construction, maintenance, and repair of various building structures where it is necessary to work above ground level. Typically, scaffolds are supported by the underlying surface, which may lead to various problems in leveling and stabilizing the scaffold. As a result, some scaffolds have been constructed to hang from some portion of the structure in order to avoid the need for ground support. [0005] Of these various structure-supported scaffolds, many attach temporarily to the roof of the completed, or ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0009] A number of additional features may be incorporated into the wall hanging scaffold. Provision is made for additional bracing within the building structure, to preclude undue outward loads on an otherwise unsupported wall during construction. Moreover, the scaffold may include safety posts that may support

Problems solved by technology

Typically, scaffolds are supported by the underlying surface, which may lead to various problems in leveling and stabilizing the scaffold.

A few devices have been constructed for suspension from the top plate of a building structure, but most such devices have very little vertical span from their upper ends and the platform supports, and no vertical adjustment.

Thus, they can only be used for work along the lower edge and eaves of the roof, as there is insufficient clearance between the eaves and the platform for workers.

Where vertical height adjustment is provided for the platform in such top plate suspended scaffolds, relatively cumbersome, multiple piece braces are used, which are difficult to assemble in place along the vertical wall of a building structure.

No means is apparent for suspending the device from the top plate of a wall.

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