US Patent Issued to Grady F. Smith & Co. on Sept. 8 for "Deck latch assembly for a scaffold platform" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,549, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Grady F. Smith & Co. Inc. (Greenville, N.C.).

"Deck latch assembly for a scaffold platform" was invented by Grady Ferrell Smith Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold has latch assemblies that are configured to hold a deck of the scaffold against a side rail of the scaffold. The latch assemblies include a shaft that is configured to extend through slots in the side rail. A locking tab at the end of the shaft presses against the deck due to action of a spring that urges the shaft downward relative to the side rail. The deck advantageously has an edge recess that receives th...