RoofmatesTM products

Abstract

A number of roofing accessories, including a lightweight adjustable ladder and scaffold support are disclosed. The scaffold support is provided with a pair of rails spaced the standard spacing of most roof joists. Connected to the rails through suitable holes and slots, are rods supporting an adjustable platform. One of the rods may be placed through a corresponding slot to achieve a suitable angle of adjustment corresponding to roof incline. An apparatus is also provided for supporting loads of materials or supplies on an inclined roof, using components and parts in common with the scaffold support, or components and parts similar thereto. A tool tray is provided which may be backed with a layer of foam to prevent the tray from slipping off the roof, while allowing the tray to be freely moved along and up and down the roof, as work progresses.

1 . A air powered miter box for cutting construction materials, comprising: 
 an air-powered saw having an inlet for accepting compressed air and a rotary air motor for rotating a rotary saw blade,    mounting means for slidably mounting the air powered saw so that the air power saw may be adjusted for angle of cut and also slid in a cutting direction of the rotary saw blade, and    a material holding platform, for holding construction material to be cut and maintaining a predetermined angle between the rotary saw blade and the construction material to be cut.    
   
   
       2 . The air powered miter box of  claim 1 , wherein the material holding platform further comprises: 
 a support structure for attaching to a scaffolding for holding long lengths of construction materials for cutting.