ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,249, issued on May 5, was assigned to ADELIE LLC (Depere, Wis.).
"Toe board for scaffolding" was invented by Rodney Michael Scott Skelton (Sherwood Park, Canada), Chris Osswald (Rothschild, Wis.), Jonah Higgs (Wausau, Wis.), Jeremy Falkowski (Wittenberg, Wis.), Archie Troy Lumsden (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Troy Kowalski (Spruce Grove, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The safety of scaffolding is enhanced by providing a scaffolding toe board system comprising a plurality of toe boards constructed of a panel and a pair of brackets used to couple the ends of the panel to adjacent support posts of the scaffolding. The brackets are all ide...