Abstract: The invention includes a work platform and support system that includes a hub and joist configuration, wherein the hubs and joists are capable of articulation, or pivoting. One method of installation allows for sections of new work platform system to be extended from an existing suspended work platform system. The system is also capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 24, 2010
Assignee:
Safway Services, LLC
Inventors:
Paul Jolicoeur, Roy Scrafford, Clifford Westrick, Dave Gordon, Tom Silic, Edward Tifft, Mathieu Grumberg