Safety platform scaffold apparatus

Abstract

A portable safety platform scaffold apparatus includes a plurality of wall-supportable units for being supported by the top portion of a wall. The wall support units each include a wall-top engagement portion, a common removable floor member, and a common removable fence. With the apparatus, a worker can stand on the floor members with the wall-top engagement portions secured on the top of the wall. In this way, the worker is in a safe location when a roof truss is lowered onto the wall.

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         9 . A hanging scaffolding support comprising:
 a vertical support having a top end and a bottom end,   a horizontal support extending horizontally from said vertical support medially of said vertical support, said horizontal support terminating in a horizontal distal extremity,   a vertical fence riser extending upwardly from the horizontal distal extremity of said horizontal support toward said vertical support top end, substantially the entire transverse extent of said horizontal support between said vertical support and said vertical fence riser defining a supporting surface for a work platform,   said top end of said vertical support being characterized by a distally terminating wall-top engagement laterally extending portion, and a downwardly extending stop portion connected substantially at a right-angle to the distal extremity of said wall-top engagement laterally extending portion, and   wherein at least said top end of said vertical support including said distally terminating wall-top engagement laterally extending portion and said downwardly extending stop portion connected substantially at a right-angle to the distal extremity of said wall-top engagement laterally extending portion are of unitary construction.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9  wherein said vertical support, said horizontal support, said vertical fence riser, said wall-top engagement laterally extending portion, and said downwardly extending stop portion are of unitary construction. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein said vertical support, said horizontal support, said vertical fence riser, said wall-top engagement laterally extending portion, and said downwardly extending stop portion are fabricated of channel members having substantially the same cross-sectional configuration. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein said channel members having substantially the same cross-sectional configuration are fabricated from extruded aluminum. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the extruded aluminum channel members have a substantially square-shaped cross-sectional configuration having dimensions of about 2 inches by 2 inches and a wall-thickness of about ⅛ inch.