A utility scaffold is designed to be repeatedly broken down into straighter components to reduce the space requirement for storage and shipment. The scaffold has first and second ladder frames, each comprising a plurality of vertical supports, a plurality of horizontal supports, and a plurality of releasable connections. The horizontal supports are releasably connected to the vertical supports by the releasable connections to form a rigid ladder frame structure. The releasable connections include a male wedge protrusion and a female receiver configured to receive the male wedge protrusion. The female receiver has a passage therethrough, with the passage having a tapered interior surface. The male wedge protrusion and the tapered interior surface are configured to abut when the vertical support and the horizontal support are mounted together via the releasable connection. A fastener is optionally used to secure the releasable connection.

A connector for interlocking components of scaffolding or other supporting structures for building forms. The connector includes a body having an internal chamber bounded laterally by planar first and second surfaces. A lever is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the lever. The lever is movable between a lock position and a release position. A spring is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the spring, the spring for biasing the lever into the lock position.

A connector for interlocking components of scaffolding or other supporting structures for building forms. The connector includes a body having an internal chamber bounded laterally by planar first and second surfaces. A lever is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the lever. The lever is movable between a lock position and a release position. A spring is seated in the chamber laterally intermediate and in close fit with the planar first and second surfaces for inhibiting lateral movement of the spring, the spring for biasing the lever into the lock position.

A guardrail for a scaffold, which has at least at one end a coupling section for coupling with a coupling element of a vertical post or vertical frame of the scaffold, wherein the coupling section is flat and is penetrated by an elongate opening which extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the railing member and which has a constant width as far as an extension at the end.

A scaffold comprising a guardrail, a method for erecting a scaffold and a use of a guardrail.

A guardrail for a scaffold, which has at least at one end a coupling section for coupling with a coupling element of a vertical post or vertical frame of the scaffold, wherein the coupling section is flat and is penetrated by an elongate opening which extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the railing member and which has a constant width as far as an extension at the end.

A scaffold comprising a guardrail, a method for erecting a scaffold and a use of a guardrail.

The invention relates to a cross brace (4) comprising an elongate bar portion (41) and two clips (42). The bar portion (41) has two substantially opposite longitudinal ends. The two clips (42) are each arranged on one of the two longitudinal ends of the bar portion (41) and are designed to almost fully enclose a bar-shaped element (22, 52). Furthermore, the two clips (42) can each be brought into an opened position, in which the bar-shaped element (22, 52) can be received by the clip (42) and removed from the clip (42), and into a closed position, in which the bar-shaped element (22, 52) can be fully enclosed by the clip (42). The clips (42) have a lock (425) which locks the clip (42) in the closed position.

A crossmember (3) comprises an elongate rod portion (31) and two latching claws (32). The rod portion (31) has a central longitudinal axis, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end substantially opposite the first longitudinal end. The first latching claw (32) is arranged at the first longitudinal end of the rod portion (31) and the second latching claw (32) is arranged at the second longitudinal end of the rod portion (31). The first latching claw (32) and the second latching claw (32) each comprise a gripping portion (321) shaped to correspond to a rod-shaped element (22, 31, 52) and are designed to be mounted on the rod-shaped element (22, 31, 52) without tools. The gripping portion (321) of the first latching claw (32) is offset from the gripping portion (321) of the second latching claw (32) with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the rod portion (31).

A rapid release and rapid install latching member for use with ladder cages to couple the cage rings is provided wherein the latching members are capable of retaining the cage ring connecting members thereon without the use of external fasteners. The latching members are designed such that they may be removed from or installed on the ladder cage while the ladder cage is installed at the work site or otherwise for quick and easy repair or replacement. An exemplary ladder cage contains a plurality of ring members having a plurality of latching members interspaced around the circumference thereof, with adjacent ring members being coupled to each other through the interaction of cage ring connecting members with the latching members.

A rapid release and rapid install latching member for use with ladder cages to couple the cage rings is provided wherein the latching members are capable of retaining the cage ring connecting members thereon without the use of external fasteners. The latching members are designed such that they may be removed from or installed on the ladder cage while the ladder cage is installed at the work site or otherwise for quick and easy repair or replacement. An exemplary ladder cage contains a plurality of ring members having a plurality of latching members interspaced around the circumference thereof, with adjacent ring members being coupled to each other through the interaction of cage ring connecting members with the latching members.

The invention relates to a temporary scaffolding rest which temporarily supports a standby scaffolding component upon a scaffolding upright in a first temporary disconnected position which is laterally offset from the scaffolding upright for subsequent installation of said standby scaffolding component to a portion of said upright in a second installed position which is laterally inset from the first temporary disconnected position. The temporary scaffolding rest includes a temporary connector for temporarily connecting the temporary scaffolding rest to said portion of said scaffolding upright, and an elongated rest which extends laterally from the temporary connector in order to temporarily support a portion of said standby scaffolding adjacent said portion of said scaffolding upright in said first temporary disconnected laterally offset position ready for subsequent installation to said portion of said scaffolding upright in said second installed position. A method of erecting a row of scaffolding which is higher than the row of scaffolding upon which an installer is positioned is also provided.