Abstract: A stepladder having front stiles with steps extending therebetween, rear stiles connected to the front stiles in a hinged manner, a connecting member extending between the top ends of the front stiles, and a U-shaped bracket, extending from the connecting member which can swivel and/or slide and which spans a plane extending transversely to the stepladder in the usage position. Connecting member has a through-hole, said through-hole enabling a connection to the cavity of the front stiles, each through-hole is penetrated by a respective side limb of the bracket, in a first position of the bracket the side limbs extend within the cavities and the cross limb be accommodated by the connecting member, and in a second position of the bracket, said bracket extends on the plane extending transversely to the stepladder and the side limbs extend outside the cavities and are supported at the ends on the connecting member.

Abstract: The pull-out sections of folding ladders must be locked on the guiding elements pertaining thereto for ladder use and should also be easily unlocked. A locking bolt used to fix the elements can be axially and manually moved inside a guide element against an adjustment spring to engage a hollow profile section of a rung on the pull-out sections. A lockable guide element with a bayonet fitting is included on the ladder element to enable easy locking and unlocking.

Abstract: A connection hook for scaffoldings must, on the one hand, permit a quick and secure connection of two scaffolding parts, and, on the other hand, be able to be manufactured inexpensively and durably and be connectable to scaffolding elements of very different designs. The connection hook of the invention is for this purpose designed as an extruded part, which cooperates with a part, which is always equally shaped on entirely different scaffolding elements, and thereby positively locks the part within the hook opening, and secures this positive lock through a releasable frictional interlock.

Abstract: An adjustable ladder includes a base ladder and at least one extendable ladder movably fastened on the base ladder, the extension of which ladder can be locked by a locking bracket pivotally fastened on the extendable ladder. Locking is operated by a cable line running over guide rollers that are fixed on the base ladder. The guide rollers are arranged on the base ladder below a rung thereof and can be fastened by a first plug element serving as a mounting. The mounting can be formed of a wire or rod-shaped blank and loops around a substantial portion of the hollow section of the rung. The mounting has a bent portion extending in the direction of a rung axis and extending through a hollow tube supporting the guide roller. The bent portion is fastened to a spar of the base ladder and extends through the spar. The bent portion projects with a first end piece from an outer cheek of the spar so far that the end piece can be fixed in the direction of the rung axis.

Abstract: Working platforms for scaffolding must be light and functional and easily stackable. It must therefore be possible to include all their components with a long useful life in the static calculations as well. The requirements include both great rigidity in the corner joint of a rectangular bearing frame for the working platform and the smallest possible gaps between adjacent platforms. Above all, however, the smallest possible number of components must be used to keep the costs of such a working platform within limits. To this end the invention makes use of a U-shaped folded footplate (2) clamped between the longitudinal bearing members (11) of the bearing frame. If, in addition, at least the longitudinal bearing members (11) are rectangular hollow sections, no dirt or residual building material can enter the working platform.

Abstract: Scaffoldings are usually either movable or fixed. Structures usable for both are usually too bulky and complicated, and therefore not suitable for general use. The invention provides a solution because the platforms are interchangeable on the scaffolding frames and the frame components are equipped with a grid for the connection components of the other structural components involved. The frame components are thereby, in spite of the extensive use of light structural sections, extraordinarily torsion resistant. The invention can be designed to be extensively modular.

Abstract: Travelling scaffoldings must cope with manifold tasks and especially be characterized in that their resting surface must adapt to various conditions. In the disclosed scaffolding, the roller-bearing traverses (16) are subdivided into two parts and the parts (16a, 16b) are interconnected and slanted in relation to the rectangular base structure of the scaffolding, so that the widening traverses (15) allow the distance between the rollers to be increased in two mutually perpendicular directions.

Abstract: A clamp connector for scaffolding must not only make it possible to join two scaffolding components rapidly and securely but also be inexpensive to manufacture, have a long life and be suitable for use with a wide variety of scaffolding designs. To this end, the invention calls for there to be an aperture (PA) in each of the shaped-section bars of the scaffolding units to be fixed together, the aperture being designed to hold a crossbar (12) and to be locked by a moving clamp (6).

Abstract: Mobile scaffoldings must fulfill many different purposes, which, among others, are characterized by variously wide platforms being needed at different distances from structures. An inventive arrangement is adaptable to a degree that it meets many demands. Movable crossbeams changeable on cross-traverses are provided for this purpose in the area of the undercarriage, on which crossbeams are fastened to the posts for the frames connected with the platforms.

Abstract: A collapsible ladder having vertical and horizontal ladder parts has a stepboard detachably mounted on the horizontal ladder part. The stepboard has a width which is less than or equal to the separation between uprights of the horizontal ladder part and retaining members for detachably securing the stepboard to the rungs of the horizontal ladder part.

Abstract: A support for an appliance, namely an iron. The support is fastened to an ironing board and includes a closed frame with a center recess. The frame is symmetrical with respect to a vertical center plane through the center of the ironing board. At least one adjustable support grid for an iron is arranged in the center recess. The frame has mounting devices thereon for mounting additional parts.

Abstract: A cross member construction for use at the foot of ladders having a cross bar fastened to the sidepieces of the ladder and extending laterally outwardly from both side edges thereof. In order to be able to safely set up the ladder on a ground surface having a great disparity in levelness, a support element is fastened to at least one end area of the cross bar to extend the effective length of the cross bar, which support element has an elevationally adjustable support arm thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jointed ladder comprising two ladder elements connected by a joint. According to the invention a telescopic ladder element is supported movably on each ladder element and can be locked by means of a locking mechanism in order to be able to adjust the jointed ladder to different operating heights. The jointed ladder of the invention can be utilized for all purposes.

Abstract: Stepping platforms, like storage platforms suspendable on a ladder, are known from the state of the art. However, these are not variable in use and in particular cannot simultaneously meet both functions. The invention provides, that a suspension link is supported on one end of a plate with a peripheral edge, while a mounting element is provided on the other end, which mounting element can include two mounting plates, which are supported pivotally on the outside of the plate and include a recess into which a ladder crosspiece is receivable. The inventive ladder platform can be used as an accessory for all types of ladders.

Abstract: It has been necessary up to now for connecting two ladder elements in order to construct a free-standing ladder to connect the lower ends of the ladder elements by means of a tie rod. Furthermore a reliable connection only in the area of the upper ends of the ladder elements is not possible because of the danger of damaging the sidepieces. These disadvantages are supposed to be avoided with the invention. The invention provides, that the clamping elements of a connecting element fastened on a first sidepiece are constructed like a flat contact plate inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the first sidepiece and connected to the connecting element and like a swivel plate pivotal about an axis arranged perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the first sidepiece. The connecting element of the invention can be used in all types of multi-purpose ladders.

Abstract: In a multi-purpose ladder of the invention there are disposed on bores (30) in the left and right halves (8, 9) of a second joint element (5) curved recesses (39), not shown here and shaped corresponding to the pivot movement of an operating lever (40), for containing bearings (31) of a release lever (32). Arms (33) of the release lever (32), which cooperates with the operating lever (40), are connected with each other by means of a bar (34) having a recess (35). Protrusions (37) are formed at bearings (31) of the release lever (32) by deep drawing of side wall portion of the arms (33). A cam (42) of a first elbow (41) of the operating lever (40) can be inserted into the bearings (31), the operating lever (40) being securely guided by the recess (35) in the bar (34). The cam (42) comprises an upper semicircular part (43 ) and a key bit (44), not shown here, the semicircular part (43) having an oblique surface (43a) and the key bit (44) an oblique surface (44a) at a front face (45) of the cam (42).