On this day in 1904 Theodor Macharaceck was granted the patent for SCAFFOLD. U.S. Patent No. 776,668.
This invention relates to a free-hanging self-sustaining scaffold for the fronts of buildings to be used chiefly by sculptors, painters, and repairers.
The design of this invention includes poles that are screwed into sockets fitted in the wall of the building. The poles are then connected by a peculiar system of hangers and diagonal braces carrying turnbuckles. For the reception of the poles bearing the planking the ordinary sockets are employed.
This particular patent is improved from other scaffolds as it juts out father out without losing its stability as well as its lighter construction.
