The present application provides an effective cooperation of scaffold planks and ledger members of a scaffold system to provide a work platform that is adaptable to different requirements and configurations. In one embodiment a rail portion of a scaffold plank is received in an upwardly opening U-shaped cavity of a ledger. In this way a portion of the work surface over laps with the ledger.

The present disclosure relates to a common tower configured to be erected adjacent a building structure into construction. The tower comprises spaced apart columns, made of vertically aligned column hollow sections, spacedly and substantially vertically positioned adjacent the building structure, and vertically spaced apart flooring structures releasably and slidably supported by the spaced apart columns using a plurality of sliders. Each flooring structure is being capable of vertical displacement when supported by the spaced apart columns. The tower further comprises an anchoring system adapted to securely engage with the building structure to maintain the spaced apart columns substantially upright, as well as protection structures adapted to surround the flooring structures. A safe and easy erection of the tower using a common tower assembly is described.

Service platforms are provided for accessing the collapsing frame of blown film extrusion apparatus. The service platforms provide an access platform capable of being placed proximate the collapsing frame of the blown film extrusion apparatus to allow for service, maintenance and/or cleaning of the apparatus.

Systems and methods relate to a operator selectable, variable-height attachment point system for a safety harness, where the attachment point is disposed on a radial support member that can be reversibly coupled to a vertical support member, and where the attachment point height can be selected by the operator by reversing a coupled orientation of the radial support member to the vertical support member.

A scaffolding accessory for a scaffolding frame with a scaffolding frame opening comprising an accessory frame, a first pair of first legs, and a second pair of second legs. The accessory frame has a rectangular shape and dimensioned to be releasably secured inside the scaffolding frame opening. Each of the first pair of first legs is connected to the accessory frame, each first leg comprising a first U-shaped member dimensioned to receive the first scaffolding rod. The first U-shaped member defines bores dimensioned to receive a leg fastener to releasably secure the accessory frame to the first scaffolding rod. Each of the second pair of second legs is connected to the accessory frame, each second leg comprises a second U-shaped member dimensioned to abut an inside portion of the second scaffolding rod and to releasably secure the accessory frame to the second scaffolding rod.

A load carrying platform shuttle (10) has a static frame (12) and a movable carriage (14). The frame is securable to a mounting location, such as a given working level of a multi-storey building under construction, and the carriage is arranged to telescope into the static frame between an extended position outboard of the mounting location and a retracted position inboard of the mounting location. The movable carriage can move between the extended position and the retracted position while carrying a load. The shuttle includes a motor (76) and gear assembly (72, 74, 78) for driving the movement of the carriage between the extended position and the retracted position while carrying the load.

A falling prevention structure can be stably connected to an attached lift scaffold body and is provided with a hinge point in the middle. The control arm is on one side of the hinge point, and an extension portion of the control arm can be connected/matched with a lifting structure of the attached lift scaffold. An operating arm is on the other side of the hinge point, an extension portion of the operating arm is provided with a transition structure and connected to a falling prevention pin by the transition structure. The falling prevention pin is provided with an elastic restoring structure and is capable of extending and retracting, and the extending falling prevention pin can be inserted into a clamping and hanging structure in a falling prevention structure directly or indirectly fixed to a building object.

An elevating cage system includes floor panels for a walk surface that can pivot upward to expose a portion of a container disposed below the platform. Each floor panel has a latch that pivots to engage a cage railing surrounding the platform and hold the floor panel in an open position. The latch is weighted about a pivot so that when the panel is pivoted to a completely open position, the latch pivots under its own weight to engage a stop so that the latch is disposed in an orientation to engage the handrail and hold the panel in the open position until an operator releases the latch. When the panel pivots to its closed position, the latch's weight balance about its pivot causes the latch to rotate until the latch engages the stop and is held in a stowed orientation in which the latch is entirely below a plane of an upper surface of the panel.

A lightweight, multi-function scaffold includes an adjustable height platform that slidably mounts between two ladder frames and a plurality of outriggers to increase stability. The outriggers attach to the ladder frames of the scaffold and extend beyond an end of the scaffold in the longitudinal direction to increase the maximum base width. Increasing the maximum base width increases stability in the longitudinal dimension and reduces the risk of tipping the scaffold end over end when a user climbs the ladder frame to access the platform.

A scaffold anti-falling device including a base body. A mounting shaft and a limiting block are fixed in the base body, and an anti-falling retaining arm is movably installed on the mounting shaft. A tail end of the anti-falling retaining arm corresponds to the limiting block, and the anti-falling retaining arm is limited by the limiting block when the anti-falling retaining arm is placed flat. A counterweight block is installed on the tail end of the anti-falling retaining arm, and the counterweight block drives to the anti-falling retaining arm to swing upward to reset. A trigger swing arm is movably installed in the base body, and the trigger swing arm is placed under the anti-falling retaining arm and forms an angle with the anti-falling retaining arm. The scaffold anti-falling device is simple in structure and convenient in installation and can effectively prevent a scaffold from falling accidentally.