Abstract: A scaffold toeboard assembly including a toeboard frame having a toeboard coupled to a riser with a first and second end, with a lift handle coupled to the first end, and a toeboard coupled to the second end. The assembly further including a support frame having a vertical support with an attachment member configured to couple to a scaffold swing gate, wherein the riser is slidably coupled to the vertical support.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for a fence system that is adjustable and rackable to accommodate uneven surfaces. The picket fence system can be adjusted into a selected position and releasably secured, or portions can be changed to modify the appearance of the fence. One embodiment of the invention provides rackable fencing in panel to allow for easily moving selected fences in racks.

Abstract: A composite covering structure for providing protection against sun and rain comprises a plurality of adjoining and overlapping swinging blades, coupled to a driving mechanism adapted, by a single operation, at first to cause the blades to gradually turn about their longitudinal axis, while being held in a same position, for providing a partial protection against sun, and then to cause said blades to slide on a horizontal plane, so as to compact said blades on a side, for uncovering the previously covered area.

Abstract: A workspace partition is disclosed that encourages a user to focus on presented tasks without distraction and physically prevents the user from interfering with, or interrupting, the work and attention of adjacent users, while simultaneously allowing another individual to monitor the user. To this end, a workspace partition is provided with a center wall and two sidewalls, wherein the center wall has an opening in its middle lower portion. Users, such as students with disabilities, focus on academic tasks within the workspace partition. The walls of the workspace partition limit distractions outside of the workspace partition and physically prevent users from interfering with adjacent users. Another individual, such as a teacher, can observe and monitor the user through the opening in the center wall. Multiple workspace partitions can be used together to allow multiple users to focus on presented tasks with limited distractions while simultaneously being observed by another individual.

Abstract: A variable panel assembly is herein disclosed which is comprised of a plurality of panels and a plurality of links where by rotating one or more links, the assembly shifts between a largely uncovered configuration to a covered configuration, where in the first configuration the panel profiles are essentially aligned, and in the second configuration the panel profiles are offset relative to one another. Further disclosed herein are methods to control the movement of the assembly, both manual and motorized.

Abstract: An apparatus temporarily occupies a walkway created by two sides and a floor in a secure and stable fashion. The apparatus includes a gate for attaching to the two sides and having a depending portion intermediate the sides. A keeper mounted to the floor includes an opening for removably receiving the depending portion of the gate. The depending portion in the keeper helps retain the gate in the walkway in a secure and stable, yet removable fashion, and with enhanced resistance to bending inwardly and outwardly relative to the sides if pushed or pulled.

Abstract: A collapsible security grille is provided comprising two conventional face-to-face sets of rigid grille bars (2, 9) pivotally interconnected at their intersections, wherein all the pivotal connectors (4) are uniformly and non-adjustably spaced apart along their respective grille bars in one said sets, but are free, as far as the second set is concerned, to undergo small sliding displacements along the grille bars of that set. In this way the stresses that ordinarily lead to jamming, jerky action and noise are automatically compensated at the point and instant of their origin. It is preferred that the pivotal connectors around the periphery of the second set are likewise non-adjustably spaced apart, so that every such connector at a grille bar meeting point (6) (as distinct from a crossing point 8) is spaced from both of the two next adjacent crossing-point connectors (8).

Abstract: An article for protecting a child from accidental injurious contact with the upwardly pointing vertices of a lazy-tong fence includes, in a first embodiment, a pocket-shaped shell that fits over a vertex of the fence and is secured in that position by a strap. In a second embodiment the protective article includes an elongated pad that is draped over several of the vertices of the fence and secured in that position. In a third embodiment restricted to planar fences, the protective article includes an extrusion that clamps onto the fence.

Abstract: A security device for preventing entry through a window includes a plurality of elongated arms pivotally connected to each other at substantially their center points so that the arms may be rotated about the pivot point and be positioned at various angles relative to each other. Each of the elongated arms is provided with a hole at each of its ends so that the arms may be mounted on the frame of a window. The elongated arms are releasably connected at their pivot point so that the number of arms may be varied as needed.